Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 7 entries. běnyuán 本源 origin jīběnyuánlǐ 基本原理 fundamental principle sìxiàngjīběnyuánzé 四项基本原则 the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism jīběnyuánzé 基本原则 fundamental doctrine rìběnyuánzǐnéngyánjiūsuǒ 日本原子能研究所 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute sìxiàngjīběnyuánzé 四項基本原則 the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism jīběnyuánzé 基本原則 fundamental doctrine