唯物论 (唯物論)
wéi wù lùn
Pinyin

Definition

唯物论 (唯物論)
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wéi wù lùn
  1. the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 群 qún
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
wéi yī
  1. 1 only
  2. 2 sole
wéi yǒu
  1. 1 only

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
任人唯亲
rèn rén wéi qīn
  1. 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
  2. 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
rèn rén wéi xián
  1. 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)