忘本
wàng běn
Pinyin

Definition

忘本
 - 
wàng běn
  1. to forget one's roots

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
忘
wàng
  1. 1 to forget
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to neglect
忘记
wàng jì
  1. 1 to forget
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

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)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
前事不忘，后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
  1. 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
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)

Sample Sentences

你看看你，忘本啊。风水可是我们老祖宗依据世间万物、宇宙能量、环境等方方面面总结出来的。风水好，就代表这些因素和人达到了阴阳平衡，很有道理的。要想住得舒服、运势好，好风水肯定是前提。
nǐ kànkan nǐ ，wàngběn a 。fēngshuǐ kěshì wǒmen lǎo zǔzōng yījù shìjiān wànwù 、yǔzhòu néngliàng 、huánjìng děng fāngfāngmiànmiàn zǒngjié chūlái de 。fēngshuǐ hǎo ，jiù dàibiǎo zhèxiē yīnsù hé rén dádào le yīnyáng pínghéng ，hěn yǒu dàolǐ de 。yàoxiǎng zhù de shūfu 、yùnshì hǎo ，hǎo fēngshuǐ kěndìng shì qiántí 。
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