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Mandarin · pinyin duì běn

(a return) equal to the capital
100 percent profit

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對: duì · correct, right; facing, opposed
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
对: duì · correct, right; facing, opposed

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4–3 · dui4 ben3

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