老本

lǎoběn
  1. capital
  2. assets
  3. savings
  4. nest egg
  5. (fig.) reputation
  6. laurels (to rest upon)
  7. old edition of a book
  8. (tree) trunk

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) reputation; merit; glory; past experience
  2. capital; principal; assets; savings
  3. old edition of a book
  4. reputation; merit; glory; past experience
  5. trunk (of a tree)

Wiktionary

  1. 樹木的主幹。
  2. 最初的本錢。

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Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
2 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Containing this entry

吃老本 chīlǎoběn
老本兒 lǎoběnr

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