| 实事求是 |
shí shì qiú shì |
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic |
| 实 |
shí |
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely |
| 实事 |
shí shì |
fact / actual thing / practical matter |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |
| 求 |
qiú |
to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech |
| 求是 |
qiú shì |
to seek the truth |
| 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 |