物质文明和精神文明 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
HSK 3
thing, substance, creature
质 zhì
HSK 4
matter, material, substance
文 wén
HSK 3
literature, culture, writing
明 míng
HSK 1
bright, light, brilliant; clear
和 hé
HSK 1
harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
精 jīng
HSK 4
essence; semen; spirit
神 shén
HSK 5
spirit, god, supernatural being
文 wén
HSK 3
literature, culture, writing
明 míng
HSK 1
bright, light, brilliant; clear