唯利是图 | [ weí lì shì tú ] to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything, self-seeking |
唯命是从 | [ weí mìng shì cóng ] to follow obediently |
唯唯诺诺 | [ weǐ weǐ nuò nuò ] to be a yes-man |
唯心主义 | [ weí xīn zhǔ yì ] philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness |
唯心论 | [ weí xīn lùn ] philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness |
唯恐天下不乱 | [ weí kǒng tiān xià bù luàn ] to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom) |
唯意志论 | [ weí yì zhì lùn ] voluntarism, metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华[Shu1 ben3 hua2], that the essence of the world is willpower |
唯物主义 | [ weí wù zhǔ yì ] materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality |
唯物论 | [ weí wù lùn ] the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality |
唯独 | [ weí dú ] only, just (i.e. it is only that...), all except, unique |
唯理论 | [ weí lǐ lùn ] (philosophy) rationalism |
唯识宗 | [ weí shí zōng ] Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism) |
唯读 | [ weí dú ] read-only (computing) |
唯象理论 | [ weí xiàng lǐ lùn ] phenomenology |
唯饭 | [ weí fàn ] fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band |
⇒ 任人唯亲 | [ rèn rén weí qīn ] to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism, corrupt appointment |
⇒ 任人唯贤 | [ rèn rén weí xián ] to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity |
⇒ 唯唯诺诺 | [ weǐ weǐ nuò nuò ] to be a yes-man |
⇒ 客观唯心主义 | [ kè guān weí xīn zhǔ yì ] objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy) |
⇒ 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 | [ shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de weí yī zhǔn ] Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) |
⇒ 历史唯物主义 | [ lì shǐ weí wù zhǔ yì ] historical materialism (Marx's theory of history) |
⇒ 辩证唯物主义 | [ biàn zhèng weí wù zhǔ yì ] dialectical materialism |