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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
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
oneself / one's own
HSK 2
all / to have; to possess; to own
HSK 2
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  *親* | 親* | *親
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
HSK 3
conscious / aware / on one's own initiative / conscientious
HSK 3
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
itself / oneself / one's own
HSK 3
alone / by oneself / on one's own
HSK 4
to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc)
HSK 5
self-study / to study on one's own
HSK 6
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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
with one's own eyes / personally
HSK 6
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
private / privately-owned
HSK 7-9
at one's own expense / self-funded
HSK 7-9
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned
HSK 7-9
privately-owned / private
HSK 7-9
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
to witness / to see at first hand / to see with one's own eyes
HSK 7-9
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
chess piece / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗 / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
HSK 7-9
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary / not of one's own volition / in spite of oneself
HSK 7-9
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
HSK 7-9
obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic
publicly owned / communal / held in common
to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
to deceive others and to deceive oneself / to believe one's own lies
standard / one's own department or unit
from the beginning / always / to come of one's own accord
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light
to own exclusively; unique to; specific / there is only
to see with one's own eyes / to witness
lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
to recount in one's own words / autobiography / written self-introduction
to use (sth) on its own
to form one's own group or school of thought / to set up one's own business / to establish oneself
(of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis
to find amusement in one's own way / to enjoy oneself quietly
to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant)
each has its own merits (idiom)
letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc
to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
each minding his own business
to obtain by impersonation / to falsely claim as one's own
(I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc)
to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming
black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
one's line / one's own profession
with one's own ears
lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
to have (sth) for one's own use / (literary) to be opinionated
(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs / too busy to spare time for anything extra
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
private / privately owned or managed
one's own country
to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms
to own up to the facts
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs
land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults
even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
to study on one's own / self-study
to have difficulties sleeping in a bed other than one's own
to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
self-operated / to operate one's own business
to boast / to blow one's own horn
to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
public / publicly (owned, financed, operated etc) / run by the state
lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) / fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions / to stew in one's own juice
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
all different / each unto his own
slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
to possess / to own
those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us
wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
everyone gives their own view
to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
to act as one thinks fit / to have one's own way
one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising / hoist by his own petard
in one's own handwriting
no one to rely on (idiom); on one's own / orphaned / left to one's own devices
Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty

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