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[捨本逐末] shěběnzhúmò to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details

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宿         sùshè, dormitory/dorm room/living quarters/hostel/CL:間|间[jiān]
        shě/Shè/shè, [捨], to give up/to abandon/to give alms, surname She, old variant of 捨|舍[shě], reside...
        shīshě, [施捨], to give in charity/to give alms (to the poor)
        shěbude, [捨不得], to hate to do sth/to hate to part with/to begrudge
        shěqì, [捨棄], to give up/to abandon/to abort
        shěde, [捨得], to be willing to part with sth
        
        nóngshè, [農舍], farmhouse
        
        hánshè, my humble home
        
        
        
        xiàoshè, school building
        Xiāngxièlìshè, [香榭麗舍], Champs Élysées
        shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life
        gēshě, [割捨], to give up/to part with
        
        qǔshě, [取捨], to choose/to accept or reject
        
        Xīnsīkēshè, Nova Scotia province, Canada
        
        shèyǒu, dormitory roommate
退         tuìbìsānshè, [退避三捨], lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of super...
        
        
        fángshè, house/building
        shěshēn, [捨身], to give one's life
        qièérbùshě, [鍥而不捨], to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth/to pers...
        yīyībùshě, [依依不捨], reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
        
        shějǐwèirén, [捨己為人], to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own intere...
        Fēishěěr, [菲捨爾], Fisher (name)
        
        
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        nánshěnánfēn, [難捨難分], loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
        liànliànbùshě, [戀戀不捨], reluctant to part
        
        
        cūnshè, cottage
        
        zuǒlínyòushè, [左鄰右舍], neighbors/next-door neighbors/related work units/colleagues doing related work
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        shěxià/shèxià, [捨下], to abandon/to lay down, my humble home
        
        
        shějǐjiùrén, [捨己救人], to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people/altr...
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宿         sùshèlóu, [宿舍樓], dormitory building/CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
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        shèlì, ashes after cremation/Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        nánshěnánlí, [難捨難離], loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate

        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...
        
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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
·         Běnjiémíng·Fùlánkèlín, [本傑明·富蘭克林], Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician ...
        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)
        cǎoběn, grass/herb
        
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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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        cǎoběnzhíwù, herbaceous plant
        
        
        yǐngyìnběn, a photocopy
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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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        gǔběn, capital stock/investment
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稿         gǎoběn, manuscript (of a book etc)/sketch (of a design etc)
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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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        zhújiàn, [逐漸], gradually
        qūzhú, [驅逐], to expel/to deport/banishment
        zhuīzhú, to chase/to pursue vigorously
        fàngzhú, to banish/to deport/to send into exile/to be marooned
        juézhú, to tussle/to contend/to contest
        zhúchū, to expel/to evict/to drive out
        zhú, to pursue/to chase/individually/one by one
        zhúbù, progressively/step by step
        zhúgè, [逐個], one by one/one after another
        zhúyī, one by one
        qūzhújiàn, [驅逐艦], destroyer (warship)
        suíbōzhúliú, [隨波逐流], to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindl...
        jìngzhú, [競逐], competition/to compete/to pursue
        zhúnián, year after year/with each passing year/over the years
        zhúkèlìng, the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners/(fig.) notice to leave/words or be...
        zhúzìzhújù, literal/word by word and phrase by phrase
        zhuīzhúsài, [追逐賽], pursuit race/chase
        xiàozhúyánkāi, [笑逐顏開], smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure/all smiles/joy writt...
        
        
        
        
        
鹿         qúnxióngzhúlù, great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for suprem...
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        zhōumò, [週末], weekend
        Mòrì/mòrì, Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology), last day/end/final days/doomsday
        mò, tip/end/final stage/latter part/inessential detail/powder/dust/opera role of old...
        jièmo, mustard/wasabi
        qīmò, end of term
        fěnmò, fine powder/dust
        mòduān, tip/extremity
        mòwěi, end/tip/extremity
        mòqī, end (of a period)/last part/final phase
        mòlù, end of the road/final road/fig. dead end/impasse
        mòshāo, tip/end/last few days
        mòshì, last phase (of an age)
        shǐmò, whole story/the ins and outs
        niánmò, end of the year
        mòbānchē, [末班車], last bus or train/last chance
        xìzhīmòjié, [細枝末節], minor details/trifles
        ròumò, ground meat
        yuèmò, end of month/late in the month
        běnmòdàozhì, lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect/to stres...
        mòdài, final generation
        
        shìjìmò, [世紀末], end of the century
        mòliǎo, in the end
        suìmò, flecks/particles/bits/fine powder
        jùmò, [鋸末], sawdust
        mòjié, [末節], inessentials/minor detail
        qiángnǔzhīmò, [強弩之末], lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)/fig. spent force
        nàme, variant of 那麼|那么[nà me]
        mònián, the final years (of a regime)
        mòzi, powder/dust
        mòshāoshénjīng, [末梢神經], peripheral nerve
        mòr, [末兒], powder/puree
        suìmò, [歲末], end of the year

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