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 米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice syn 书籍 書籍 shū jí books / works syn 图书 圖書 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore) / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) 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 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 出纳 出納 chū nà cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books syn 装订 裝訂 zhuāng dìng bookbinding / to bind (books etc) syn 书刊 書刊 shū kān books and periodicals / publications syn 藏书 藏書 cáng shū to collect books / library collection 熟透 shú tòu completely ripe / ripened / well-cooked syn 书库 書庫 shū kù a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus 版税 版稅 bǎn shuì royalty (on books) syn 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 烂熟 爛熟 làn shú well cooked / to know thoroughly syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn 丛书 叢書 cóng shū a series of books / a collection of books syn 借阅 借閱 jiè yuè to borrow books to read 半生不熟 bàn shēng bù shóu underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting syn 干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) 翻看 fān kàn to browse / to look over (books) syn 书报 書報 shū bào papers and books syn 古籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books syn 经书 經書 jīng shū classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras syn 白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn 典籍 diǎn jí ancient books or records syn 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 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 秘笈 mì jí secret book or collection of books 原味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings) 借书 借書 jiè shū borrow books 出书 出書 chū shū to publish books 四库全书 四庫全書 sì kù quán shū Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty) 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 大锅饭 大鍋飯 dà guō fàn meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit syn 查帐 查帳 chá zhàng to audit accounts / to inspect accounting 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 回锅肉 回鍋肉 huí guō ròu twice-cooked pork 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 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 生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) syn 烂 爛 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad syn 饭 飯 fàn cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee syn 卷 juàn scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll syn 熟 shú ripe / mature / thoroughly cooked / done / familiar / acquainted / experienced / skilled / (of sleep etc) deep / profound / also pr. [shou2] 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 夹生 夾生 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5] 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 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 夹生饭 夾生飯 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4] 黄色书刊 黃色書刊 huáng sè shū kān pornographic books and magazines 书名号 書名號 shū míng hào Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc) 熟菜 shú cài cooked food (ready to eat) 饔 yōng (literary) cooked food / breakfast 箪 簞 dān round basket for cooked rice 螗 táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) syn 餗 sù pot of cooked rice 膰 fán cooked meat used in sacrifice 粻 zhāng food / white cooked rice 生米做成熟饭 生米做成熟飯 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭 米已成炊 mǐ yǐ chéng chuī lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone 驆 bì used in transliterating Buddhist books 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 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 熟炒 shú chǎo to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked 做账 做賬 zuò zhàng to keep the books / to do the accounts / (in context) to cook the books 腍 rěn be satiated / cooked / good-tasting 全熟 quán shú thoroughly cooked / (of steak) well done / (of eggs) hard-boiled 料豆儿 料豆兒 liào dòu r cooked black soybean as animal fodder 热炒热卖 熱炒熱賣 rè chǎo rè mài lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked / fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert 生米熟饭 生米熟飯 shēng mǐ shú fàn abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. 车轮饼 車輪餅 chē lún bǐng imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings) 饔飧 yōng sūn (literary) lit. breakfast and supper / fig. cooked food 捏造的数据 捏造的數據 cooked data / doctored data / massaged data 动过手脚的数据 動過手腳的數據 cooked data / doctored data / massaged data 焌油 qū yóu to pour heated oil and seasonings over food (e.g. a cooked fish) 绿豆椪 綠豆椪 lǜ dòu pèng mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans) 𫗧 餗 sù pot of cooked rice 煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 熥 tēng to heat up (cooked food) by baking or steaming / Taiwan pr. [tong1] 溏心 táng xīn soft yolk (of a cooked egg) 杂碎 雜碎 zá sui offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk syn 半熟 bàn shú half-cooked / (of vegetables) parboiled / (of steak) medium / (of eggs) soft-boiled 断生 斷生 duàn shēng (of food) to be cooked just until no longer raw 温泉蛋 溫泉蛋 wēn quán dàn onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) 