素质教育

Traditional form:

素質教育

Pinyin (reading):

sùzhìjiàoyù

Definitions:

• all-round education (contrasted with 應試教育／应试教育 (yìngshìjiàoyù), exam-oriented education)

Characters:

• 素 - plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
• 质 - essence, nature; material, substance
• 教 - school, education
• 育 - to produce, to give birth to; to educate

Traditional characters:

• 素 - plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
• 質 - essence, nature; material, substance
• 教 - school, education
• 育 - to produce, to give birth to; to educate