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本来面目

běn lái miàn mù

4-character word Traditional 本來面目

What 本来面目 means

1. idiomtrue colors; true features; original appearance

The characters in 本来面目

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 面miànface; side; surface
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh