Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words本色

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本色

běn sè·ㄅㄣˇ ㄙㄜˋ

“original color; natural color; original appearance or character; one's own profession; (historical) a tax category for land tax in kind”

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Root or trunk of a plant; origin or source of something; basis; capital or principal; classifier for books or periodicals; this; current.

Color; appearance or facial expression; beauty; desire; sensuality or lust; a scene or view.