"Pragmatic" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 现实 | xiàn shí | reality / actuality / real / actual / realistic / pragmatic / materialistic / self-interested |   |
| 实用 | shí yòng | practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science) | |
| 随机 | suí jī | according to the situation / pragmatic / random | |
| 务实 | wù shí | pragmatic / dealing with concrete issues | |
| 变通 | biàn tōng | pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances | |
| 随机应变 | suí jī yìng biàn | to change according to the situation (idiom) / pragmatic | |
| 雁过拔毛 | yàn guò bá máo | lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic | |
| 顺风转舵 | shùn fēng zhuǎn duò | to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled | |
| 机变 | jī biàn | improvisation / flexible / adaptable / pragmatic | |
| 勤俭务实 | qín jiǎn wù shí | hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic | |
