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HSK
textbook / CL:
HSK 1
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  *本* | 本* | *本
(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
HSK 1
notebook (stationery) (CL:) / (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑)
HSK 2
basic / fundamental / main / elementary
HSK 3
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
capital (economics)
HSK 5
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
(manufacturing, production etc) costs
HSK 5
sample; specimen
HSK 7-9
originally / original
HSK 7-9
to make a loss
HSK 7-9
specimen; sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
HSK 7-9
Japan
type specimen (used to define a species)
rubbing of inscription
copy; duplicate; transcript / (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
model (example worthy of being imitated) / template
to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings
loss / to sustain losses
historical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto / (computing) script
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
Melbourne, Australia
version / edition / release
normal cost (accountancy)
reader / an instructional book
translation (translated version of a text)
whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
Kumamoto city and prefecture in west Kyūshū 九州, Japan
(a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit
to break even / to get one's money's worth
single volume edition / offprint
revised edition (of a book)
notebook computer (diminutive) / laptop
capital stock / investment
to repay capital
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开)
diary (book)
exercise book / workbook / CL:
Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate
notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer
production costs
abridged version
anthology / selected works
paperback (book)
Lisbon, capital of Portugal
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
hypertext
revised and enlarged edition
to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标)
extant fragment (of book)
Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
unabridged / complete book
Blackburn
bound volume / one-volume edition
pocket book / paperback
herbaceous / original draft (of a manuscript etc)
concise edition / abridged edition
(Tw) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
copy
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
block printed edition
old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
a photocopy
a treasured rare book
to break even
compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
manuscript (of a book etc) / sketch (of a design etc)
Okamoto (Japanese surname and place name)
hard-earned capital
picture book
constant capital
a loss / to lose money
to forget one's roots
to recoup losses (in gambling)
script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
to win back one's money (gambling etc)
Sakamoto (Japanese surname)
Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
opera libretto
textbook
from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
guestbook
Sugimoto (Japanese surname)
handwritten copy
account book
Melbourne (slang alternative for 墨爾本|墨尔本)
small capital / on a shoestring
variant of 原原本本
variant of 原原本本
low cost / inexpensive
opportunity cost
Miyamoto (Japanese surname)
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
detailed edition / unexpurgated version

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