踐

to fulfill (a promise) / to tread / to walk

narrow / small

excessive

foot / to be sufficient / ample

practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)

to trample

to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4]

to carry out (a task)

to waste / to spoil / to destroy / to insult grievously

King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

to keep a promise / to honor an agreement

to practice / to put into practice

to carry out; to implement; to keep (one's word)

King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)