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辩证唯物主义

biàn zhèng wéi wù zhǔ yìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
dialectical materialism
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-47a53d98fca88f38. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

辯證唯物主義 辩证唯物主义 [bian4 zheng4 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4] /dialectical materialism/

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Other forms in these source records: 辯證唯物主義

  • 辩
    biàn

    to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss

  • 证
    zhèng

    to admonish / certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm

  • 唯
    wéi

    only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhǔ yì] or 論|论[lùn], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wéi lǐ lùn], rationalism)

    wěi

    yes

  • 物
    wù

    (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

  • 主
    zhǔ

    owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

  • 义
    yì

    justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

    Yì

    surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yì dà lì])

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