四项基本原则 sì xiàng jīběn yuánzé[the four basic principles:the socialist road,the people's democratic dictatorship,Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought,and the leadership of the Communist Party of China] 即坚持社会主义道路,坚持人民民主专政,坚持中国共产党的领导,坚持马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想的简称。