小本
xiǎo běn
Pinyin

Definition

小本
 - 
xiǎo běn
  1. small capital
  2. on a shoestring

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小小
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
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
剧本
jù běn
  1. 1 script for play, opera, movie etc
  2. 2 screenplay
  3. 3 scenario

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)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我做小本生意的，别没收我的摊子好不好？我们全家老小就指着这个小摊呢。
wǒ zuò xiǎoběn shēngyi de ，bié mòshōu wǒ de tānzi hǎo bu hǎo ？wǒmen quánjiā lǎoxiǎo jiù zhǐ zhe zhè ge xiǎotān ne 。
I'm only trying to do a little business here. Don't confiscate my stand, OK? Our whole family, old and young, depends on this stand.
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