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

Characters

  • 实 (實): real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
  • 事 (事): matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
  • 求 (求): to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
  • 是 (是): to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)

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Examples

实事求是。

说话要实事求是。

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