Entry
报bào本běn反fǎn始shǐ

  1. ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

    trad. 報本反始

Also written 報本反始【bào běn fǎn shǐ】

Characters in this word

4
报
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to report; to inform; to announce, to respond; to reply, to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]), to reward; to recompense, to take revenge; to retaliate, newspaper, periodical; journal, bulletin, telegram

Pinyin
bào
Traditional
報
Strokes
7
Frequency
3570 of 2500
Words starting with 报Words ending in 报Anywhere in a word
本
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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Pinyin
běn
Strokes
5
Frequency
799 of 2500
Words starting with 本Words ending in 本Anywhere in a word
反
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contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose, opposite, against, anti-, to rebel, to use analogy, instead, abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

Pinyin
fǎn
Strokes
4
Frequency
2794 of 2500
Words starting with 反Words ending in 反Anywhere in a word