实事求是

Traditional form:

實事求是

Pinyin (reading):

shíshìqiúshì

Definitions:

• lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom)
• fig. to be practical and realistic

Characters:

• 实 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay

Traditional characters:

• 實 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay