jiào
zhēn

common
idiom
verb

Meaning of 叫真

叫真 means to take something too seriously; to be overly meticulous; to nitpick. Pronounced jiào zhēn.

  • to take something too seriously; to be overly meticulous; to nitpick

Definitions & Examples

zhè
ge
rén
bié
jiào
zhēn
 
diǎn
xiǎo
shì
dōu
yào
biàn
lùn
qīng
chǔ
 

He's a person who takes things too seriously, always arguing to clarify even the smallest matter.

Bié
tài
jiào
zhēn
le
 
gāng
cái
zhǐ
shì
kāi
ge
wán
xiào
 

Don't take it so seriously, he was just joking.

Guān
zhè
ge
shù
 
jiào
zhēn
le
bàn
tiān
 

He nitpicked about this number for a long time.

Gōng
zuò
shàng
yào
jiào
zhēn
 
dàn
shēng
huó
zhōng
yǒu
shí
 

You need to be meticulous at work, but sometimes it's not necessary in life.

zuò
shì
tài
jiào
zhēn
 
lián
biāo
diǎn
hào
dōu
yào
jiǎn
chá
 

She is too particular when she works, even checking every punctuation mark.