Definition

Examples

• 事实上，我从来没有去过那里。
  shì shí shàng, wǒ cónglái méiyǒu qù guò nàlǐ.
  In fact, I've never been there.
• 他说他喜欢，但事实上他并不喜欢。
  Tā shuō tā xǐhuan, dàn shì shí shàng tā bìng bù xǐhuan.
  He said he likes it, but actually he doesn't.
• 事实上，这个计划比看上去简单得多。
  shì shí shàng, zhège jìhuà bǐ kàn shàngqù jiǎndān de duō.
  As a matter of fact, this plan is much simpler than it looks.