本草
běn cǎo
Pinyin
Definition
本草
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- a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
- Chinese materia medica
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 basic
- 2 fundamental
- 3 main
- 4 elementary
- 1 Japan
- 1 root
- 2 stem
- 3 origin
- 4 source
- 5 this
- 6 the current
- 7 original
- 8 inherent
- 9 originally
- 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 1 the person himself
- 2 I (humble form used in speeches)
- 3 oneself
- 4 myself
- 5 in person
- 6 personal
- 1 original
- 2 originally
- 3 at first
- 4 it goes without saying
- 5 of course
Idioms (20)
一本万利
- 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
- 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兵马未动,粮草先行
- 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
- 2 an army marches on its stomach