四項基本原則
four fundamental principles (socialist road,people’s democratic dictatorship,leadership of the Communist Party and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought)
四項基本原則sì xiànɡ jī běn yuán zé
指中國共產(chǎn)黨長期堅持的基本原則。即：堅持社會主義道路、堅持無產(chǎn)階級專政、堅持共產(chǎn)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、堅持馬列主義、毛澤東思想。four cardinal principles, i.e.: adherence to the socialist road, to the dictatorship of the proletariat, to the leadership of the Communist Party and to Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought