| 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 |
shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn |
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) |
| 实 |
shí |
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely |
| 实践 |
shí jiàn |
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project) |
| 践 |
jiàn |
to fulfill (a promise) / to tread / to walk |
| 是 |
shì |
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 |
shì |
variant of 是 |
| 检 |
jiǎn |
to check / to examine / to inspect / to exercise restraint |
| 检验 |
jiǎn yàn |
to inspect / to examine / to test |
| 验 |
yàn |
variant of 验 |
| 验 |
yàn |
to examine / to test / to check |
| 真 |
zhēn |
really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine |
| 真理 |
zhēn lǐ |
truth / CL:个 |
| 理 |
lǐ |
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
(bound form) a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 唯 |
wéi |
only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) |
| 唯 |
wěi |
yes |
| 唯一 |
wéi yī |
only; sole |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 标 |
biāo |
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units |
| 标准 |
biāo zhǔn |
standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard |
| 准 |
zhǔn |
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of |
| 准 |
zhǔn |
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- |