物質文明和精神文明 wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng

DEFINITIONS

  1. material and spiritual culture
  2. matter and mind
  3. material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)

CHARACTERS

物 wù thing, substance, creature
質 zhì matter, material, substance
文 wén literature, culture, writing
明 míng bright, light, brilliant; clear
和 hé harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
精 jīng essence; semen; spirit
神 shén spirit, god, supernatural being
文 wén literature, culture, writing
明 míng bright, light, brilliant; clear