实打实

實打實

shídǎshí

adjective #31,966

Meanings

1 rock-solid
2 no-nonsense
3 genuine and undeniable
4 real-deal (esp. of skill, effort, or service)

Characters

to hit; to strike

Examples

他是个实打实的好人。

Tā shì ge shídǎshí de hǎorén.

He's a rock-solid, genuine good person.

这家店的菜量实打实，绝不掺水。

Zhè jiā diàn de cài liàng shídǎshí, jué bù chān shuǐ.

This restaurant's portions are the real deal — no skimping at all.

这是实打实的功夫，不是花架子。

Zhè shì shídǎshí de gōngfu, bú shì huājiàzi.

This is real, no-nonsense kung fu, not flashy showboating.

Tips

register

Colloquial but widely usable, including in business and journalism. The pattern A-打-A (X-strike-X) is a productive emphatic structure: 实打实 'real-strike-real' = unambiguously real; 硬打硬 (yìngdǎyìng) 'hard-strike-hard' = head-on / no shortcuts.

memory

Picture the word as 'real-on-real contact' — like two surfaces meeting with no padding in between. No fluff, no marketing, no dilution: what you see is what you get.

Stroke Order

实 shí

打 dǎ