实事求是 — Chinese idiom
实事求是
shí shì qiú shì
Traditional: 實事求是
Meaning
- lit. to seek truth from facts
- fig. to be practical and realistic
Character by character
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
Idioms sharing a character
- 付诸实施 fù zhū shí shī
- 以虚带实 yǐ xū dài shí
- 名不副实 míng bù fù shí
- 名不符实 míng bù fú shí
- 名副其实 míng fù qí shí
- 名存实亡 míng cún shí wáng
- 实属不易 shí shǔ bù yì
- 实至名归 shí zhì míng guī
- 征名责实 zhēng míng zé shí
- 有名亡实 yǒu míng wáng shí
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