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報本反始

简报本反始 · 繁報本反始

Mandarin · pinyin bào běn fǎn shǐ

ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

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報: Look up this written character
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
反: fǎn · reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
始: shǐ · begin, start; then, only then
报: bào · report, tell, announce

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4–3–3–3 · bao4 ben3 fan3 shi3

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bou3 bun2 faan2 ci2

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