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本色

běn sè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

本色 (běn sè) means "inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 本色 means

1. inherent qualities
2. natural qualities
3. distinctive character
4. true qualities

Other readings

本色 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• běn shǎinatural color

The characters in 本色

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 色sècolor; look; appearance

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