善本
shàn běn
Pinyin

Definition

善本
 - 
shàn běn
  1. old book
  2. good book
  3. reliable book
  4. rare book

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
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
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

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)
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
  1. 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
来者不善,善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
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)