Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「報本反始」 for better learning.
This feature highlights the idiom 「報本反始」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Bao: repay; Ben: source; Fan: return to; Shi: start. It means to be grateful and repay the favor, without forgetting where one came from.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bào běn fǎn shǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bou3 bun2 faan2 chi2
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