实事求是 shíshìqiúshì in a sentence
Lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic†
实事求是 (shíshìqiúshì) means Lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom), fig. to be practical and realistic †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
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How is 实事求是 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 实事求是 (shíshìqiúshì, "Lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom), fig. to be practical and realistic †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 实事求是 an HSK word?
Yes — 实事求是 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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