created sense approved 本意 · běnyì · original intention — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
本意
běnyì
original intention
one's original idea or real intention; the starting purpose behind an action
本 (literal) → 本 · běn · originally 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · desire
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created sense approved 本意 · běnyì · original meaning; etymon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
本意
běnyì
original meaning; etymon
the original sense or literal meaning of a word or passage; (linguistics) etymon
本 (literal) → 本 · běn · origin 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · meaning
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition