直是

zhíshì
  1. (Puxian Min) to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
  2. (literary) to truly be, to really be
  3. (literary) to turn out to be; to turn out that
  4. even if, even though
  5. to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
  6. to truly be, to really be
  7. to turn out to be; to turn out that

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