本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 丛书 叢書 cóng shū a series of books / a collection of books syn 书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) syn 汗牛充栋 汗牛充棟 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) / fig. many books syn 做账 做賬 zuò zhàng to keep the books / to do the accounts / (in context) to cook the books 报刊 報刊 bào kān newspapers and periodicals / the press syn 关于书刊出版的国际统计标准化的建议 Recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Statistics Relating to Book Production and Periodicals 期刊和特别展示股 期刊和特別展示股 Periodicals and Special Presentations Unit 出纳 出納 chū nà cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books syn 霉蠹 méi dù to become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books) / to mildew and rot 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow 行万里路，读万卷书 行萬里路，讀萬卷書 xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom) / Learn as much as you can and do all you can. 读万卷书，行万里路 讀萬卷書，行萬里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience 书库 書庫 shū kù a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus 书报 書報 shū bào papers and books syn 四书 四書 sì shū Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 syn 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 黄色书刊 黃色書刊 huáng sè shū kān pornographic books and magazines 螗 táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) syn 卷帙浩繁 juàn zhì hào fán a huge amount (of books and papers) syn 钻故纸堆 鑽故紙堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers 阿摩司书 阿摩司書 ā mó sī shū Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament 方册 方冊 fāng cè ancient books and volumes / classical writings 行万里路，读万卷书 行萬里路，讀萬卷書 xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom) 关于承认和移交登记册的协定 Agreement on Recognition and Handover of Record Books 图书 圖書 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore) / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 书籍 書籍 shū jí books / works syn 借阅 借閱 jiè yuè to borrow books to read 秘笈 mì jí secret book or collection of books 装订 裝訂 zhuāng dìng bookbinding / to bind (books etc) syn 藏书 藏書 cáng shū to collect books / library collection 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 借书 借書 jiè shū borrow books 出书 出書 chū shū to publish books 翻看 fān kàn to browse / to look over (books) syn 典籍 diǎn jí ancient books or records syn 经书 經書 jīng shū classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras syn 版税 版稅 bǎn shuì royalty (on books) syn 算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge syn 蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn 四库全书 四庫全書 sì kù quán shū Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty) 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 印数 印數 yìn shù the amount of books etc printed at one impression / print run 还书 還書 huán shū return books 查帐 查帳 chá zhàng to audit accounts / to inspect accounting books syn 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 书名号 書名號 shū míng hào Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc) 卷 juàn scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll syn 乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn 册 冊 cè book / booklet / classifier for books syn 丛 叢 cóng cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket syn 笈 jí trunks (for books) syn 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn 驆 bì used in transliterating Buddhist books 牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies 簿籍 bù jí account books / registers / records syn 乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 初刻拍案惊奇 初刻拍案驚奇 chū kè pāi àn jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] 大先知书 大先知書 dà xiān zhī shū the biblical books of the prophets 摩西五经 摩西五經 mó xī wǔ jīng the Pentateuch / the five books of Moses in the Old Testament 故纸堆 故紙堆 gù zhǐ duī a pile of old books 栃 lì archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak / type of tree in ancient books / stable (for horses) 生词语 生詞語 shēng cí yǔ vocabulary words (in language-learning books) / new or unfamiliar words 秦火 qín huǒ the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC 箧笥 篋笥 qiè sì bamboo box for holding books, clothes etc 蠹简 蠹簡 dù jiǎn old worm-eaten books 行万里路胜读万卷书 行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books 载籍 載籍 zǎi jí books (in Confucian education) 钩稽 鉤稽 gōu jī to explore / to investigate / to audit (accounts, books etc) 世界书籍大会 World Congress on Books 伊比利亚－美洲图书销售综合目录 伊比利亞－美洲圖書銷售綜合目錄 Integrated catalogue of books for sale in Ibero-America 国际青年读物委员会 國際青年讀物委員會 International Board on Books for Young People 联合国系统已出版图书数据库 聯合國系統已出版圖書數據庫 Books in Print of the United Nations System 嫏嬛 láng huán mythical place where the Celestial Emperor stores his books / (fig.) library 听君一席话，胜读十年书 聽君一席話，勝讀十年書 tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb) 二刻拍案惊奇 二刻拍案驚奇 èr kè pāi àn jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] 平账 平賬 píng zhàng (accounting) to balance the books 大韵 大韻 dà yùn rhyme group (group of characters that rhyme, in rhyme books) 芸帙 yún zhì (old) books 芸签 芸籤 yún qiān bookmark / books 芸编 芸編 yún biān (old) books 实操 實操 shí cāo to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc) / practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作[shi2 ji4 cao1 zuo4]) 假账 假賬 jiǎ zhàng fraudulent financial accounts / cooked books 实洋 實洋 shí yáng (publishing industry) revenue generated from the sale of books in an edition 序次 xù cì sequence / order / (literary) to arrange (books) in serial order 码洋 碼洋 mǎ yáng (publishing industry) total cover price of all books in an edition 签售 簽售 qiān shòu (of an author, musician etc) to sign (books, records etc) purchased by fans 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others 及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013) 诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others 