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 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 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 classifier: 个 gè

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

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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