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Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「有本有原」, detailed below.

The featured idiom 「有本有原」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

It means having roots; origin. Also written as “having a root and source.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǒu běn yǒu yuán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau5 bun2 yau5 yun4

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