本月
běn yuè
Pinyin

Definition

本月
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běn yuè
  1. this month
  2. the current month

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
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]
岁月
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
九月
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
二月
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
五月
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
八月
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
六月
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
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
十二月
Shí èr yuè
  1. 1 December
  2. 2 twelfth month (of the lunar year)
十月
Shí yuè
  1. 1 October
  2. 2 tenth month (of the lunar year)
原本
yuán běn
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original

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)
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
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
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
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
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
  1. 1 daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  2. 2 every day sees new developments
  3. 3 rapid progress
日月如梭
rì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
旬输月送
xún shū yuè sòng
  1. 1 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
月下花前
yuè xià huā qián
  1. 1 lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. romantic surroundings
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
岁月如梭
suì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 time flies (idiom)
岁月流逝
suì yuè liú shì
  1. 1 as time goes by (idiom)

Sample Sentences

新闻）截至上月，本市民警共收缴仿真枪80支，将在本月20号集中销毁。
xīnwén ）jiézhì shàngyuè ，běnshì mínjǐng gòng shōujiǎo fǎngzhēnqiāng bāshí zhī ，jiāng zài běnyuè èr shí hào jízhōng xiāohuǐ 。
(News broadcast) As of last month, city police have confiscated 80 replica guns. On the 20th of this month, these guns will be collected and destroyed.
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