真香

zhēnxiāng

interjection #48,763

Meanings

1 it's actually great (after initially rejecting something)
2 face-slapping reversal of opinion
3 eating one's words

Characters

fragrant; delicious; appealing

Literally 'really fragrant/good' — the classic line someone says when they end up loving the thing they swore they'd never try.

Examples

他说绝对不玩这个游戏，第二天：真香。

Tā shuō juéduì bù wán zhège yóuxì, dì èr tiān: zhēnxiāng.

He said he'd never play this game. The next day: 'This is actually great.'

定律：真香定律永远不会过时。

Dìnglǜ: zhēnxiāng dìnglǜ yǒngyuǎn bù huì guòshí.

Law: the 'True Fragrance Law' never goes out of style.

Tips

culture

From a 2014 reality TV show where contestant 王境泽 (Wáng Jìngzé) declared he'd rather starve than eat the rural family's food — then was filmed eating enthusiastically and saying '真香!' This became the '真香定律' (True Fragrance Law): you always end up liking what you rejected.

Stroke Order

真 zhēn

香 xiāng