實事求是 shí shì qiú shì

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

實 shí real, true, solid, honest
事 shì
HSK 2
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
求 qiú
HSK 3
seek; demand, request; beseech
是 shì
HSK 1
indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that