| 四项基本原则 |
Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zé |
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism |
| 四 |
sì |
four / 4 |
| 项 |
Xiàng |
surname Xiang |
| 项 |
xiàng |
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 基 |
jī |
(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) |
| 基本 |
jī běn |
basic / fundamental / main / elementary |
| 基本原则 |
jī běn yuán zé |
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être |
| 本 |
běn |
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 原 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara |
| 原 |
yuán |
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source |
| 原则 |
yuán zé |
principle / doctrine / CL:个 |
| 则 |
zé |
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items |