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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

现实 [xiànshí]
  1. 1. noun reality
    现实主义
    realism

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

现实 [xiànshí]
  1. 1. reality; actuality
    理想变成了现实
    A dream has come true.
    脱离现实
    be divorced from reality; be unrealistic
  2. 2. real; actual; realistic
    现实意义
    practical or immediate significance
    现实生活
    real (or actual) life

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

现实 [xiànshí]
  1. 1. 当前存在的客观实际
    把理想变为现实
  2. 2. 符合实际情况的
    考虑问题要现实一点。
  3. 3. 跟"实际"有所不同。"现实"仅指当前的客观存在;"实际"则泛指一切客观存在,包括过去存在过的和当前存在着的。如"实际情况"可以指过去存在过的;而"现实情况"仅能指当前存在着的。

Examples

文学作品应当高于现实,但不能超脱现实 超脱
残酷的现实
the harsh reality 残酷
超脱现实是不可能的。
It's impossible to detach oneself from reality. 超脱
过去连想都不敢想的事,现在变成了现实
What one couldn't even imagine in the past has now become reality.
离开了客观现实的想像就成为空想。
An imagination which is divorced from objective reality can only produce empty fantasies. 空想
冷酷的现实
grim reality 冷酷
面对现实
face reality; be realistic 面对
现实使他清醒过来。
The reality has sobered him up. 清醒
艺术是现实生活的升华。
Art is the distillation of life. 升华
逃避现实
try to escape reality 逃避

Collocations

脱离现实
to withdraw from reality
社会现实
a social reality
残酷的现实
a tough reality
现实情况
the real situation
现实
unrealistic
比较现实
realistic
现实的想法
realistic ideas

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