现实

Traditional form:

現實

Pinyin (reading):

xiànshí

Definitions:

• reality; actuality
• real; actual
• realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

Characters:

• 现 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
• 实 - real, true; honest, sincere

Traditional characters:

• 現 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
• 實 - real, true; honest, sincere