shí​jiàn​shì​jiǎn​yàn​zhēn​lǐ​de​wéi​yī​biāo​zhǔn

practice is the sole criterion for testing truth

  • created sense approved 实践是检验真理的唯一标准/實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 · shí​jiàn​shì​jiǎn​yàn​zhēn​lǐ​de​wéi​yī​biāo​zhǔn · practice is the sole criterion for testing truth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    实践是检验真理的唯一标准 / 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準

    shí​jiàn​shì​jiǎn​yàn​zhēn​lǐ​de​wéi​yī​biāo​zhǔn

    practice is the sole criterion for testing truth

    A political slogan from 1978, central to the reform period, stating that actual practice is the only way to determine if a theory is true.

    实践 (literal) → 实践/實踐 · shí​jiàn · practice 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 检验 (literal) → 检验/檢驗 · jiǎn​yàn · to test 真理 (literal) → 真理 · zhēn​lǐ · truth 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 唯一 (literal) → 唯一 · wéi​yī · only 标准 (literal) → 标准/標準 · biāo​zhǔn · standard

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