dòng​zhēn​gé

to get serious

  • created sense approved 动真格/動真格 · dòng​zhēn​gé · to get serious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    动真格 / 動真格

    dòng​zhēn​gé

    to get serious

    to get serious about something; to take actual action rather than just talking; to pull no punches or be determined to see something through

    动, 真格

    动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act 真格 (literal) → 真格 · zhēn​gé · the real thing

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense