科学技术是第一生产力 kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lì

DEFINITIONS

  1. Science and technology is the number one productive force (from 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化).

CHARACTERS

科 kē section, department, science
学 xué learning, knowledge; school
技 jì skill, ability, talent, ingenuity
术 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique
是 shì indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
第 dì sequence, number; grade, degree
一 yī one; a, an; alone
生 shēng life, living, lifetime; birth
产 chǎn give birth, bring forth, produce
力 lì power, capability, influence