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běncǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
Chinese materia medica

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        běn, root/stem/origin/source/this/the current/original/inherent/originally/classifier...
        gēnběn, fundamental/basic/root/simply/absolutely (not)/(not) at all/CL:個|个[gè]
        běnlái, [本來], original/originally/at first/it goes without saying/of course
        Rìběn, Japan
        jīběn, basic/fundamental/main/elementary
        jùběn, [劇本], script for play, opera, movie etc/screenplay/scenario
        běndì, local/this locality
        běnrén, the person himself/I (humble form used in speeches)/oneself/myself/in person/per...
        běnshēn, itself/in itself/per se
        yàngběn, [樣本], sample/specimen
        yuánběn, originally/original
        běnshì/běnshi, source material/original story, ability/skill
        jīběnshang, basically/on the whole
        bǐjìběn, [筆記本], notebook (stationery)/CL:本[běn]/notebook (computing)
        bǎnběn, version/edition/release
        
        běnnéng, instinct
        běnzhì, [本質], essence/nature/innate character/intrinsic quality
        běnxìng, natural instincts/nature/inherent quality
        
        
        
        chéngběn, (manufacturing, production etc) costs
        běnyì, original idea/real intention/etymon
        Běnjiémíng, [本傑明], Benjamin (person name)
        fùběn, copy/duplicate/transcript/(in online games) instance
        běnsè/běnshǎi, inherent qualities/natural qualities/distinctive character/true qualities, natur...
        
        běntǔ, one's native country/native/local/metropolitan territory
        zhàngběn, [賬本], account book
        
        běnzi, book/notebook/edition/CL:本[běn]
        běnlǐng, [本領], skill/ability/capability/CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
        běnshì, this city/our city
        shūběn, [書本], book/CL:本[běn]
        zīběn, [資本], capital (economics)
        biāoběn, [標本], specimen/sample/the root cause and symptoms of a disease
        
        běnyuè, this month/the current month
        
        jìshìběn, [記事本], notebook/paper notepad/laptop computer
        zīběnzhǔyì, [資本主義], capitalism
        běnbù, headquarters/head office
        dàběnyíng, [大本營], headquarters/base camp
        Mòěrběn, [墨爾本], Melbourne, Australia
        kèběn, [課本], textbook/CL:本[běn]
        Běnzhōu, Honshū, the main island of Japan
        běnguó, [本國], one's own country
        běnfèn, (to play) one's part/one's role/one's duty/(to stay within) one's bounds/dutiful...
        běnqián, [本錢], capital/(fig.) asset/advantage/the means (to do sth)
        wénběn, version/text
        běnháng, one's line/one's own profession
        rìjìběn, [日記本], diary (book)
        Běntián, Honda (Japanese name)
        zīběnjiā, [資本家], capitalist
        yīběnzhèngjīng, [一本正經], in deadly earnest/deadpan
        Shānběn, Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
        
        
        Gēběnhāgēn, Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
        
        běnláimiànmù, [本來面目], true colors/true features
        
        jiǎoběn, [腳本], script
        Lǐsīběn, Lisbon, capital of Portugal
        běnjiè, [本屆], current/this year
        
        
        fùběn, [複本], copy
        lǎoběn, capital/assets/savings/nest egg/(fig.) reputation/laurels (to rest upon)/old edi...
        
        biànběnjiālì, [變本加厲], lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)...
        
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        jīběngōng, basic skills/fundamentals
        
        
        
        chāoběn, handwritten copy
·         Běn·Lādēng, Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
        běnkē, undergraduate course/undergraduate (attributive)
        yuányuánběnběn, from beginning to end/in its entirety/in accord with fact/literal
        běnzhe, [本著], based on.../in conformance with../taking as one's main principle
        xuèběn, hard-earned capital
        
        běnzhí, [本職], one's job
        
        
        
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        běntǐ, [本體], main part/torso/the thing in itself/noumenon (object of purely intellectual perc...
        
        
        zhàoběnxuānkē, a wooden word-by-word reading
        Sōngběn, Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
        kuīběn, [虧本], to make a loss
        Rìběnrén, Japanese person or people
        
        BěnLādēng, (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
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        běnqī, the current period/this term (usually in finance)
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        lánběn, [藍本], blueprint/source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
        běnjiā, a member of the same clan/a distant relative with the same family name
        
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        zhìběn, to take radical measures/to get to the root (of a problem etc)
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        běnjīn, capital/principal
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        péiběn, [賠本], loss/to sustain losses
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        Gōngběn, [宮本], Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
        běnlì, principal and interest/capital and profit
        
        
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        běnxiàng, original form
        
        běnbào, [本報], this newspaper
        běnběn, notebook computer (diminutive)/laptop
        xuèběnwúguī, [血本無歸], to lose everything one invested (idiom)/to lose one's shirt
        běnyuán, origin/source
        
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        Běnnèitè, [本內特], Bennett (surname)
        
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        gòuběn, [夠本], to break even/to get one's money's worth
        Hèběn, Hepburn (name)
        fànběn, [範本], model (example worthy of being imitated)/template
        yìběn, [譯本], translation (translated version of a text)
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        Jíběnsī, Gibbons (name)
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        dúběn, [讀本], reader/an instructional book
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        RìběnHǎi, Sea of Japan
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        Qiáoběn, [橋本], Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
        Téngběn, Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
        
        
        
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        shǒuchāoběn, manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
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        zhèngběn, original (of a document)/reserved copy (of a library book)
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        jīběnfǎ, basic law (constitutional document)
        běnkēshēng, undergraduate student
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        běnyì, [本義], original meaning/literal sense
        
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        běntǔhuà, to localize/localization
        
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        hùkǒuběn, [戶口本], household register/household registration booklet/residence certificate
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        Zīběnlùn, [資本論], Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx 卡爾·馬克思|卡尔·马克思[Kǎ ěr · Mǎ kè sī]
        
        
        běnmíng, original name/real name/personal name
        běnzì, original form of a Chinese character
        
        
        
        
        
        
        běntǐlùn, [本體論], ontology
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        jīběndiǎn, [基本點], basis point (finance), abbr. to 基點|基点[jī diǎn]
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        běnběnzhǔyì, [本本主義], book worship/bookishness
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        yìnběn, printed book/copy
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        běnxī, principal and interest (on a loan)
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        duìběn, [對本], (a return) equal to the capital/100 percent profit
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        zēngdìngběn, [增訂本], revised and enlarged edition
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        kāiběn, [開本], book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shí liù kāi] i...
        
        
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        běnyīng, [本應], should have/ought to have
        
        
        
        běnxiāng, [本鄉], home village/one's native place
        běnwèi, standard/one's own department or unit
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        běntí, [本題], the subject under discussion/the point at issue
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        jiàoběn, textbook
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        liànxíběn, [練習本], exercise book/workbook/CL:本[běn]
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        píngzhuāngběn, [平裝本], paperback (book)
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        cǎo/cào, [艸], variant of 草[cǎo], grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/C...
        cǎoméi, strawberry/CL:顆|颗[kē]/(Tw) hickey/love bite
        cǎopíng, lawn
        yāncǎo, [煙草], tobacco
        xiāngcǎo, aromatic herb/vanilla/alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei/(fig.) loyal and ...
        cǎodì, lawn/meadow/sod/turf/CL:片[piàn]
        cǎoshuài, careless/negligent/sloppy/not serious
        qǐcǎo, to make a draft/to draw up (plans)
        cǎoyuán, grassland/prairie/CL:片[piàn]
        cǎotú, [草圖], a sketch/rough drawing
        dàocǎo, rice straw
        cǎoyào, [草藥], herbal medicine
稿         cǎogǎo, draft/outline/sketch
        dàocǎorén, scarecrow
        gēcǎojī, [割草機], lawn mower (machine)
        gāncǎo, [乾草], hay
        dǎcǎojīngshé, [打草驚蛇], lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)/fig. to inadvertently alert an en...
        zácǎo, [雜草], weeds
        cǎocóng, [草叢], underbrush
        gāncǎo, licorice root
        cǎobāo, idiot/straw bag
        cǎopí, turf/sward/sod
        cǎocǎo, carelessly/hastily
        cǎoàn, draft (legislation, proposal etc)
        cǎonǐ, [草擬], first draft/to draw up (a first version)
        yěcǎo, weeds/mistress or prostitute (old)
        sānyècǎo, [三葉草], clover/trefoil
        zhǎncǎochúgēn, [斬草除根], to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch/to elim...
        
        yàocǎo, [藥草], medicinal herb
        cǎochǎng, [草場], pastureland
        
        huācǎo, flowers and plants
        chúcǎo, to weed
        cǎogēn, grass roots (lit. and fig.)
        qīngcǎo, grass
        chúcǎojì, [除草劑], weed killer/herbicide
        cǎomù, vegetation/plants
        
        qiángtóucǎo, [牆頭草], sb who goes whichever way the wind blows/sb with no mind of one's own/easily swa...
        
        hánxiūcǎo, mimosa/sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
        
        shícǎodòngwù, [食草動物], herbivore
        
        cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
        cǎomào, straw hat
        mùcǎo, pasture/forage grass/pasturage
        
        
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
        liángcǎo, [糧草], army provisions/rations and fodder
        jiǎncǎojī, [剪草機], lawnmower
        cǎoběn, grass/herb
        
        
        cǎozhǐ, [草紙], rough straw paper/toilet paper/brown paper
        cǎoguǒ, black cardamom/(dialect) strawberry
        cǎoxié, straw sandals
        liáocǎo, careless/slovenly/illegible (of handwriting)
        
        shuǐcǎo, water plants/habitat with water source and grass
        chúcǎo, [鋤草], to hoe/to weed
        cǎoliào, fodder
        cǎotǐ, [草體], see 草書|草书[cǎo shū]
        suōcǎo, coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
        gǔcǎo, [穀草], straw
        
        zhōngcǎoyào, [中草藥], Chinese herbal medicine
        cǎowū, thatched hut
        
        cǎoshū, [草書], grass script/cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
        
        
        cǎoběnzhíwù, herbaceous plant
        
        
        cǎocǎoshōuchǎng, [草草收場], to rush to conclude a matter/to end up abruptly
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        máocǎo, sogon grass
        dēngxīncǎo, [燈心草], rush (botany)/Juncaceae
        cǎobiān, [草編], straw weaving
        
        mǎngcǎo, Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
        cǎojī, [草雞], free-range chicken/(dialect) hen/cowardly
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Cǎohǎi, Caohai Lake, Guizhou
        
        
        
        cǎosuān, oxalic acid CHÒ
        
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