物质文明建设和精神文明建设 meaning in English
"一手硬一手软" promote material progress to the neglect of cultural and ideological progress
Examples
- Pay attention to ethical as well as material progress
物质文明建设和精神文明建设一起抓 - Remarkable achivements have been scored in both the material and spiritual civilization . gone forever are the days in which china was poor and weak
中国的物质文明建设和精神文明建设都取得了举世瞩目的成就，旧中国积贫积弱的状况已经一去不复返了。 - The factory director shall occupy the central position in the enterprise and assume overall responsibility for building up a materially developed and culturally and ideologically advanced enterprise
厂长在企业中处于中心地位，对企业的物质文明建设和精神文明建设负有全面责任。