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běnmòdàozhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
to stress the incidental over the fundamental
to put the cart before the horse

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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...
        
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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
        
        
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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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        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

        dǎo/dào, to fall/to collapse/to lie horizontally/to overthrow/to fail/to go bankrupt/to c...
        dǎoméi, to have bad luck/to be out of luck
        dàoshǔ/dàoshù, [倒數], to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)/to count down/from the bottom (lines on a...
        dǎoxià, to collapse/to topple over
        shuāidǎo, to fall down/to slip and fall/to throw sb to the ground
        dàoshi, contrary to what one might expect/actually/contrariwise/why don't you
        dǎdǎo, to overthrow/to knock down/Down with ... !
        jīdǎo, [擊倒], to knock down/knocked down
        diāndǎo, [顛倒], to turn upside down/to reverse/back to front/confused/deranged/crazy
        yūndǎo, [暈倒], to faint/to swoon/to black out/to become unconscious
        diēdǎo, to tumble/to fall/fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
        hūndǎo, to faint
        bàndǎo, [絆倒], to trip/to stumble
        dǎotā, to collapse (of building)/to topple over
        dǎobì, [倒閉], to go bankrupt/to close down
        qīngdǎo/qīngdào, [傾倒], to topple over/to greatly admire, to dump/to pour/to empty out
        xiàdǎo, [嚇倒], to be frightened
        tuīdǎo, to push over/to overthrow
        wòdǎo, [臥倒], to lie down/to drop to the ground
        yādǎo, [壓倒], to overwhelm/to overpower/overwhelming
        dǎochē/dàochē, [倒車], to change buses, trains etc, to reverse (a vehicle)/to drive backwards
退         dàotuì, to fall back/to go in reverse
        dàoliú, to flow backwards/reverse flow
        
        liáodǎo, disappointed/frustrated/dejected
        bāngdàománg, [幫倒忙], to be more of a hindrance than a help
        bìngdǎo, to fall ill/to be stricken with an illness
        lādǎo, to pull down/(coll.) to let it go/to drop it
        dàoyǐng, inverted image/reversed image (e.g. upside down)
        fǎndào, but on the contrary/but expectedly
        dǎomài, [倒賣], to resell at a profit/to speculate
        dàolì, a handstand/to turn upside down/to stand on one's head/upside down
        dàozhuǎn, [倒轉], to make an about-turn/to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc/to turn t...
        nándǎo, [難倒], to baffle/to confound/to stump
        bàidǎo, to prostrate oneself/to fall on one's knees/to grovel
        
        dǎowèikǒu, to spoil one's appetite/fig. to get fed up with sth
        
        dǎogē, to change sides in a war/turncoat
        zhuàngdǎo, to knock down/to knock over/to run over (sb)
        dàocǎi, adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate appla...
        guìdǎo, to kneel down/to sink to one's knees/to grovel
        dǎotái, [倒臺], to overthrow/downfall/to fall from power/to go bankrupt
        
        fānxiāngdǎoguì, [翻箱倒櫃], to overturn trunks and boxes/to make a thorough search (idiom)
        
        bódǎo, [駁倒], to refute/to demolish (an argument, theory etc)
        yībiāndǎo, [一邊倒], to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side/to support unconditionally
        fānjiāngdǎohǎi, lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)/fig. overwhelming/earth-shattering/in a...
        dàotiē, [倒貼], to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taki...
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        dàoguà, [倒掛], lit. to hang upside down/fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing an...
        běnmòdàozhì, lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect/to stres...
        diāndǎohēibái, [顛倒黑白], lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately/to mis...
        
        
        diāndǎoshìfēi, [顛倒是非], to invert right and wrong
        bùdǎowēng, roly-poly toy/tilting doll/tumbler
        dǎoshǒu, to shift from one hand to the other/to change hands (of merchandise)
        dàozhì, to invert
        dǎoteng, [倒騰], to move/to shift/to exchange/to buy and sell/peddling
        
        dàoxiàng, inverted image/reversed image (e.g. upside down)
        dàoxù, [倒敘], to flash back/flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
        dàocì, barb/barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
        
        dàoguàn, to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)/reverse flow/to b...
        zāidǎo, to take a fall
        dàoyìng, to reflect (producing an inverted image)
        dàoxíngnìshī, to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong/to try to turn back histo...
        
        sānbāndǎo, three-shift system (work rostering)
        páishāndǎohǎi, lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering/fig...
        diānláidǎoqù, [顛來倒去], to harp on/over and over/merely ring changes on a few terms
        dàoxuán, [倒懸], lit. to hang upside down/fig. in dire straits
        guāndǎo, speculation by officials/profiteering by government employees/bureaucratic turpi...
        suífēngdǎo, [隨風倒], to bend with the wind
        dǎoyé, [倒爺], (coll.) a profiteer/(business) wheeler-dealer
        kāidàochē, [開倒車], to drive in reverse/fig. to take a backward step/retrogressive/trying to turn th...
        
        dǎomǎidǎomài, [倒買倒賣], to buy and sell at a profit/to speculate
        dàozhuāng, [倒裝], inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)/an...
        dǎoyùn, [倒運], to have bad luck
        dǎobān, to change shifts/to work in turns

        wèizhi, position/place/seat/CL:個|个[gè]
        nányǐzhìxìn, [難以置信], hard to believe/incredible
        zhuāngzhì, [裝置], to install/installation/equipment/system/unit/device
        bùzhì, [佈置], to put in order/to arrange/to decorate/to fix up/to deploy
        shèzhì, [設置], to set up/to install
        zhì, to install/to place/to put/to buy
        chǔzhì, [處置], to handle/to take care of/to punish
        ānzhì, to find a place for/to help settle down/to arrange for/to get into bed/placement
        zhìyú, to place/to put (at or in a position)/to be located
        zhìshēn, to place oneself/to stay
        fàngzhì, to put
        
        zhìzhībùlǐ, to pay no heed to (idiom)/to ignore/to brush aside
        zhìshēnshìwài, not to get involved/to stay out of it
        gēzhì, [擱置], to shelve/to set aside
        zhìxìn, to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative)/(math.) confidence (i...
        pèizhì, to deploy/to allocate/configuration/allocation
        zhìhuàn, [置換], to permute/permutation (math.)/to displace/displacement/to replace/replacement
        xiánzhì, [閒置], to leave sth unused/to lie idle
        kōngzhì, to set sth aside/to let sth lie idle/idle/unused
        zhìruòwǎngwén, [置若罔聞], to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
        qìzhì, [棄置], to throw away/to discard
        hézhuāngzhì, [核裝置], nuclear device
        bùróngzhìyí, unquestionable
        gòuzhì, [購置], to purchase
        zhìbàn, [置辦], to purchase/to buy
        zhìzhīnǎohòu, [置之腦後], to banish from one's thoughts/to ignore/to take no notice
        zhìpíng, [置評], comment/statement
        tiānzhì, to buy/to acquire/to add to one's possessions
        zhìzhīdùwài, to give no thought to/to have no regard for/to disregard
        tuīxīnzhìfù, to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute c...
        běnmòdàozhì, lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect/to stres...
        wúkězhìyí, [無可置疑], cannot be doubted (idiom)
        yīxiàozhìzhī, to dismiss with a laugh/to make light of
        bùzhìkěfǒu, decline to comment/not express an opinion/be noncommittal/hedge
        dàozhì, to invert
        zhìyè, [置業], to buy real estate
        
        fèizhì, [廢置], to discard/to shelve as useless
        zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng, [置之死地而後生], place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "...
        mòránzhìzhī, to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent/cold and uncaring
        

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