Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words根基

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根基

gēn jī·ㄍㄣㄐㄧ

“foundation; basis; the underlying support of something; moral character; in Buddhism, the root capacity for the Dao”

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The part of a plant that grows underground; the base or foundation of something; the origin or source of a matter; a classifier for long, thin objects.

Foundation; base; basis; the fundamental part of something; radical (chemistry); gay (loanword).