实践是检验真理的唯一标准

Traditional form:

實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準

Pinyin (reading):

shíjiànshìjiǎnyànzhēnlǐdewéiyībiāozhǔn

Definitions:

• Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)

Characters:

• 实 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 践 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 检 - to check, to examine, to inspect
• 验 - to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
• 真 - real, actual, true, genuine
• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 唯 - only; sole
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 标 - mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
• 准 - standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow

Traditional characters:

• 實 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 踐 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 檢 - to check, to examine, to inspect
• 驗 - to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
• 真 - real, actual, true, genuine
• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 唯 - only; sole
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 標 - mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
• 準 - standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow