本 «夲» běn : roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)

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本 來 běn lái : original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course

本 事 běn shì : ability; skill; source material; original story

本 意 běn yì : original idea; real intention

本 義 běn yì : original meaning; literal sense

本 源 běn yuán : origin; source

鼻 祖 bí zǔ : the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought, etc)

標 新 立 異 biāo xīn lì yì : start something new in order to be different; do something unconventional or unorthodox; create something new and original

別 出 心 裁 bié chū xīn cái : adopt an original approach; try to be different

別 開 生 面 bié kāi shēng miàn : start something new or original; break a new path; break fresh ground

不 落 窠 臼 bù luò kē jiù : not follow the beaten track; have an original style

創 立 chuàng lì : to found; establish; originate

創 作 力 chuàng zuò lì : originality

當 初 dāng chū : at that time; originally

根 源 gēn yuán : origin; root (cause)

胡 適 hú shì : Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of bai2 hua4 wen2 白話文

來 歷 lái lì : history; antecedents; origin

來 源 lái yuán : source (of information, etc); origin

老 家 lǎo jiā : native place; place of origin; home state or region

起 始 qǐ shǐ : originate

起 源 qǐ yuán : origin; to originate; to come from

手 跡 shǒu jī : sb.'s original handwriting or painting

土 著 tǔ zhù : native, aboriginal

由 來 yóu lái : origin

原 yuán : former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source

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源 «厵» yuán : root; source; origin

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原 本 yuán běn : originally; original

原 定 yuán dìng : originally planned; originally determined

原 來 yuán lái : original; former; originally; formerly; at first

緣 起 yuán qǐ : origin

原 始 yuán shǐ : first; original; primitive; original (document, etc)

原 先 yuán xiān : former; original

原 性 yuán xìng : original nature

原 因 yuán yīn : cause; origin; root cause; reason

肇 zhào : at first; devise; originate

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