报本反始

Traditional: 報本反始

bào běn fǎn shǐ

Dictionary entry

ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

What does 报本反始 mean?

报本反始 (bào běn fǎn shǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

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报bàoto report; to inform; to announce · to respond; to reply 本běn(bound form) root; stem · (bound form) origin; source 反fǎncontrary · in reverse 始shǐto begin · to start

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报本反始

bào běn fǎn shǐ

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