中体西用

Traditional form:

中體西用

Pinyin (reading):

Zhōngtǐ Xīyòng

Definitions:

• adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core

Characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 体 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 西 - west, western, westward
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use

Traditional characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 體 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 西 - west, western, westward
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use