事實求是

to seek the truth from facts

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

fact / CL:個|个[ge4]

real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely

to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech

to seek the truth

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)