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基本
Traditional Chinese
基本
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
jī běn
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
gei1 bun2
Short definition main
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions basicCdict iconMDBG iconAdso icon / fundamentalCdict iconMDBG icon / mainCdict iconMDBG icon / elementaryMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: basic
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: basic; fundamental; main; elementary
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: basic; fundamental; main; primeness
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: basic; fundamental; main'
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对于(duì yú) regarding
那些(nà xiē) those
(lián) as
基本(jī běn) main
事实(shì shí) a fact
(dū) all
搞不清楚(gǎo bu qīng chu) to be unable to understand
而且(ér qiě) moreover
(yòu) also
盲目(máng mù) ignorant
(dé děiděi) must
无法(wú fǎ) unable
了解到(liǎo jiě dào) to understand
这一点(zhè yī diǎn) this point
(dedì) of
(rén) man
我从( cōng)
(lái) next
都不(dōubù)
知道(zhī dào) to know
(duì) for
他们(tā men) they
(shuō) to scold
(xiē) few
什么(shén me shén me yě méi yǒu) who?

I never know what to say to people who have absolutely no grasp of the basic facts and are too ignorant to realise it.

这项(zhè xiàng) this (thing)
法律(fǎ lv) law
(huìkuài) will
剥夺(bō duó) to deprive
我们的(wǒmende) our
基本(jī běn) main
权利(quán lì) privilege

This law will deprive us of our basic rights.

它是( tā shì)
基本(jī běn) main
人权(rén quán) human rights

It's a basic human right.

无须(wú xū) need not
多言(duō yán) wordy
基本(jī běn) main
人权(rén quán) human rights
应当(yīng dāng) should
(bèi) quilt
尊重(zūn zhòng) proper

Needless to say, fundamental human rights should be respected.

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
不懂(bù dǒng) not to understand
基本(jī běn) main
逻辑(luó ji) logical
(ma) (question tag)

Do you not understand basic logic?

我们( men) us
胡闹(hú nào) mischievous
(tài) too
久了( jiǔ le)
现在(xiàn zài) modern
该是(gāishì)
我们( men) us
考虑(kǎo lv) to consider
基本(jī běn) main
事实(shì shí) a fact
的时候( de shí hòu) when
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.

分支(fēn zhī) to ramify
(hé) with
合并(hé bìng) to annex
(shì) is
版本(bǎn běn) version
控制(kòng zhì) to contain
(dedì) of
两种(liǎngzhǒng)
基本(jī běn) main
操作(cāo zuò) to work

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