真偽莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn

hard to tell real from fake; truth unclear

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake
  2. 2. not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)

Characters

Character Meaning
真 zhēn HSK 2
real; true; really
偽 wěi
(prefix) pseudo-; false; fake
莫 mò HSK 6
do not; surname Mo; there is none who
辨 biàn HSK 6
to distinguish; to recognize