书本
shū běn
Pinyin

Definition

书本
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shū běn
  1. book
  2. CL:本[běn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本人
běn rén
  1. 1 the person himself
  2. 2 I (humble form used in speeches)
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 myself
  5. 5 in person
  6. 6 personal
本来
běn lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 originally
  3. 3 at first
  4. 4 it goes without saying
  5. 5 of course
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
根本
gēn běn
  1. 1 fundamental
  2. 2 basic
  3. 3 root
  4. 4 simply
  5. 5 absolutely (not)
  6. 6 (not) at all
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
版本
bǎn běn
  1. 1 version
  2. 2 edition
  3. 3 release
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
副本
fù běn
  1. 1 copy
  2. 2 duplicate
  3. 3 transcript
  4. 4 (in online games) instance
剧本
jù běn
  1. 1 script for play, opera, movie etc
  2. 2 screenplay
  3. 3 scenario
原本
yuán běn
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original
基本上
jī běn shang
  1. 1 basically
  2. 2 on the whole
墨尔本
Mò ěr běn
  1. 1 Melbourne, Australia
成本
chéng běn
  1. 1 (manufacturing, production etc) costs
日本人
Rì běn rén
  1. 1 Japanese person or people
书本
shū běn
  1. 1 book
  2. 2 CL:本[běn]
本事
běn shì
  1. 1 source material
  2. 2 original story
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
本土
běn tǔ
  1. 1 one's native country
  2. 2 native
  3. 3 local
  4. 4 metropolitan territory

Idioms (12)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
慈悲为本
cí bēi wéi běn
  1. 1 mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
舍本逐末
shě běn zhú mò
  1. 1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
  2. 2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
  2. 2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
  3. 3 to put the cart before the horse
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
血本无归
xuè běn wú guī
  1. 1 to lose everything one invested (idiom)
  2. 2 to lose one's shirt
变本加厉
biàn běn jiā lì
  1. 1 lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
  2. 2 to aggravate
  3. 3 to intensify

Sample Sentences

是呀！早在过去刚开始流行书本的时候，苏格拉底就曾说，人越是习惯写下自己的想法，及阅读他人的想法，记忆就越差。
shì ya ！zǎozài guòqù gāng kāishǐ liúxíng shūběn de shíhou ，Sūgélādǐ jiù céng shuō ，rén yuèshì xíguàn xiěxià zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ ，jí yuèdú tārén de xiǎngfǎ ，jìyì jiù yuè chà 。
Yeah! Long ago when books were just becoming popular, Socrates once said, the more people get used to writing down their thoughts, and reading the thoughts of others, the more people's memory gets worse.
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听说不管国内还是国外的，学习内容都差不多。而且书本知识用得不是很多，主要还是靠积累人脉和经验交流。
tīngshuō bùguǎn guónèi háishì guówài de ，xuéxí nèiróng dōu chàbuduō 。érqiě shūběn zhīshi yòngde bùshì hěn duō ，zhǔyào háishì kào jīlěi rénmài hé jīngyàn jiāoliú 。
I have heard that whether it is at a Chinese or a foreign school, the curriculum is about the same. Furthermore, book knowledge is not used a lot. Mainly, it's dependent on building connections and exchanging experience.
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就剩两三百了。杂七杂八的都要钱。我还交了水电费，上网费，书本费什么的。
jiù shèng liǎng sān bǎi le 。záqīzábā de dōu yào qián 。wǒ hái jiāo le shuǐdiànfèi ，shàngwǎngfèi ，shūběnfèi shénme de 。
There's two or three hundred left. There are so many random things that require money. I also paid for the water and electricity bills, the internet bill, books and things like that.
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你熟记书本里每一句
nǐ shújì shūběn lǐ měiyī jù
Every sentence in your trusty notebook
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我把书本落在教室里了。
wǒ bǎ shūběn là zài jiàoshì lǐ le 。
I left my book in the classroom on accident.
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我把书本忘在教室里了，请帮我保管一下。
wǒ bǎ shūběn wàng zài jiàoshì lǐ le ，qǐng bāng wǒ bǎoguǎn yīxià 。
I forgot my book in the classroom. Please keep it safe for me.
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嗯，我们的孩子从小的观念就是要认真听讲，老师问的问题也都是黑白分明、在书本上找得到正确答案的。所以中国学生的思维不够活跃，也缺乏独立性。
ng4 ，wǒmen de háizi cóngxiǎo de guānniàn jiùshì yào rènzhēn tīngjiǎng ，lǎoshī wèn de wèntí yě dōu shì hēibáifēnmíng 、zài shūběn shàng zhǎodedào zhèngquè dá àn de 。suǒyǐ Zhōngguó xuésheng de sīwéi bùgòu huóyuè ，yě quēfá dúlìxìng 。
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