本色
běnsè
true colours; original qualities
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 经历巨大成功之后，他仍保持着朴素务实的本色。 Jīnglì jùdà chénggōng zhīhòu, tā réng bǎochí zhe pǔsù wùshí de běnsè. After achieving great success, he still retained his simple and pragmatic true character.
- 无论走到哪里，他都不改乡下人的本色。 Wúlùn zǒu dào nǎlǐ, tā dōu bù gǎi xiāngxia rén de běnsè. Wherever he goes, he never gives up his down-to-earth country character.
- 当了明星以后，她依然保持着爱笑的本色。 Dāng le míngxīng yǐhòu, tā yīrán bǎochí zhe ài xiào de běnsè. Even after becoming a star, she kept her cheerful, smiling nature.
Related words
- 本 běn measure word for books; root
- 本子 běnzi notebook, exercise book
- 课本 kèběn textbook
- 笔记本 bǐjìběn notebook
- 本来 běnlái originally; at first
- 本领 běnlǐng skill; ability
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 根本 gēnběn simply; basic
- 基本 jīběn basic
- 基本上 jīběnshang basically; mostly
- 本科 běnkē undergraduate studies
- 本人 běnrén oneself