WordTaiwan frequency #25,341
血本無歸
ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
“lose one's entire investment; lose all of one's capital with no hope of recovery”
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血
ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Blood; the fluid circulating in the body; also used to mean tears; to stain with blood; related by blood; passionate or intense.
本
ㄅㄣˇ
Root or trunk of a plant; origin or source of something; basis; capital or principal; classifier for books or periodicals; this; current.
無
ㄨˊ
Not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less; used in Buddhist phrases like 'namo'.
歸
ㄍㄨㄟ
To return; to go back; to give back; to belong to; to gather; to depend on; a woman marrying.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 無法ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇunable to; incapable of; no way to; no method to
- 日本ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇJapan; island nation in East Asia between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan.
- 根本ㄍㄣ ㄅㄣˇfundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all
- 原本ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄣˇoriginally; at first; the original version or source; the basis or foundation of something
- 基本ㄐㄧ ㄅㄣˇbasic; fundamental; main; elementary; essential; primary; core; foundational
- 本身ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄣitself; in itself; per se; oneself; personally; the thing in its own right.
- 成本ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄣˇcost of manufacturing, production, or selling a product; (Taiwan, Cantonese dialect) the whole book.
- 無論ㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋno matter what; regardless of; used to introduce a condition that does not affect the outcome; let alone; not to mention
- 本來ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊoriginally; at first; originally; it goes without saying; of course; naturally
- 毫無ㄏㄠˊ ㄨˊnot in the least; completely lacking; utterly without
- 本質ㄅㄣˇ ㄓˊthe fundamental nature or essential character of something; the inherent quality or true nature of a thing; one's innate character or true self
- 無奈ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋhelpless; having no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; (conjunction) but unfortunately