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WordTOCFL Level 4adverb · nounTaiwan frequency #292

根本

gēnběn

“fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all”

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The part of a plant that grows underground; the base or foundation of something; the origin or source of a matter; a classifier for long, thin objects.

Root or trunk of a plant; origin or source of something; basis; capital or principal; classifier for books or periodicals; this; current.