本息
běn xī
Pinyin

Definition

本息
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běn xī
  1. principal and interest (on a loan)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
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
本来
běn lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 originally
  3. 3 at first
  4. 4 it goes without saying
  5. 5 of course
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]
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
利息
lì xī
  1. 1 interest (on a loan)
  2. 2 CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
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
叹息
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
基本上
jī běn shang
  1. 1 basically
  2. 2 on the whole
墨尔本
Mò ěr běn
  1. 1 Melbourne, Australia
安息
ān xī
  1. 1 to rest
  2. 2 to go to sleep
  3. 3 to rest in peace
  4. 4 (history) Parthia
平息
píng xī
  1. 1 to settle (a dispute)
  2. 2 to quieten down
  3. 3 to suppress
息
xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]

Idioms (20)

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)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
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)
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
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)
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
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
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
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?
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change

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