The Chinese idiom 千真万确 (qiān zhēn wàn què), meaning "absolutely true" or "beyond any doubt", is formed through a parallel and reinforcing four-character structure common in classical Chinese, where 千 (thousand) and 万 (ten thousand) are not literal numbers but function as intensifiers meaning "countless" or "utmost", which respectively modify 真 (true) and 确 (certain, confirmed); thus, the compound literally reads "a thousand truths and ten thousand certainties", with the two parallel phrases 千真 and 万确 synergistically combining to create a powerful, emphatic expression of undeniable veracity and reliability.