四项基本原则
four fundamental principles (socialist road,people’s democratic dictatorship,leadership of the Communist Party and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought)
四项基本原则sì xiànɡ jī běn yuán zé
指中国共产党长期坚持的基本原则。即：坚持社会主义道路、坚持无产阶级专政、坚持共产党的领导、坚持马列主义、毛泽东思想。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