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实事求是

Traditional: 實事求是

shí shì qiú shì

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shí shì qiú shì · sat6 si6 kau4 si6 (Jyutping)

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

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

实

Meaning: real, true; honest, sincere
Radical: 宀
Strokes: 8
Components: ⿱宀头
Cangjie: JYK
Four-corner: 3080

事

Meaning: affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
Radical: 亅
Strokes: 8
Components: ⿻⿳一口彐亅
Cangjie: JLLN
Four-corner: 5000.7

求

Meaning: seek; demand, request; beseech
Radical: 氺
Strokes: 7
Components: ⿻一氺
Cangjie: IJE
Four-corner: 4313.2

是

Meaning: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
Radical: 日
Strokes: 9
Components: ⿱日疋
Cangjie: AMYO
Four-corner: 6080.1

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