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探虚实

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Collocation

1
探探……(某人或某事)的虚实
2
探探虚实
3
探一探虚实
4
一探虚实
5
到现场打探虚实

Definition

探虚实

Literally means:

try to find out about something

Actually means:

try to ascertain the strength of someone

虚实, false or true, refers to a situation in general.

This phrase means trying to find out about something or looking into matter to ascertain whether it is true or false.

虚实,真假,泛指情况。

探虚实,打探情况或者调查事情是真是假。

Example

Used as predicate, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
Yóu
由于
xīnli
心里
méiyǒu
没有
de
  
,
men
他们
juédìng
决定
dào
wèilái
未来
xu
女婿
de
lǎojiā
老家
tàn
shí
虚实
  
,
liǎojiě
了解
jiā
他家
de
jīng
经济
qíngkuàng
情况
  

With no bottom in their hearts, they decided to go to the future son-in-law's hometown to find out the truth and understand his family's economic situation.

2
zhě
记者
juédìng
决定
lái
ànfǎng
暗访
  
,
tàn
一探
zhè
jiā
cháguǎn
茶馆
de
shí
虚实
  
,
kànkan
看看
shìshì
是不是
zhēn
de
yǒu
fēi
非法
de
jīngyíng
经营
huódòng
活动
  

The reporter decided to come to a secret visit, a visit to these teahouses, to see if there is really illegal business activities.

3
men
你们
xiān
zuò
shìchǎng
市场
diàochá
调查
  
,
tàntàn
探探
qiú
需求
fāngmiàn
方面
de
shí
虚实
  
,
jiù
máng
盲目
tuīchū
推出
xīn
chǎnpǐn
产品
  
,
zěnme
怎么
zhīdào
知道
chǎnpǐn
产品
de
xiāo
销路
hǎo
hǎo
不好
ne
  
?

You do not first do market research, explore the demand for false reality, blindly launch new products, how do you know the product sales good or bad?