基本原则 jīběnyuánzé principle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 四项基本原则 Sìxiàng Jīběn Yuánzé Four Cardinal Principles the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism