实践是检验真理的唯一标准

shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn

Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)

实

shí

real

践

jiàn

to fulfill (a promise)

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

检

jiǎn

to check

验

yàn

variant of 驗|验[yan4]

真

zhēn

really

理

lǐ

texture

的

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

唯

wéi

only

一

yī

one

标

biāo

mark

准

zhǔn

accurate