本钱 (本錢) běnqián

1. běnqián noun capital
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'běnqián' 本钱 n, p. 38; CC-CEDICT '本錢'; Guoyu '本錢' 2)
2. běnqián noun principal [deposit]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'běnqián' 本钱 n, p. 38; Guoyu '本錢' 1)
3. běnqián noun expenses; investment
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '本錢' 3)

Contained in

• 有本钱(有本錢) to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
• 身体是革命的本钱(身體是革命的本錢) the body is the revolution's capital; good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)

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• 卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 11
• 卷五十五　　　　志第四十五　　食貨五 Volume 55 Treatises 51: Finance and Economics 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 11
• 卷五　秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 11
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷一百八十四 志第一百三十七 食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷二十八　韓三 Chapter 28: Han III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
• 卷一百八十二 志第一百三十五 食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷一百八十三 志第一百三十六 食貨下五 Volume 183 Treatises 136: Finance and Economics 2e History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷四　秦二 Chapter 4: Qin II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 6
• 卷十九　趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 6

Collocations

• 姚本钱 (姚本錢) 姚本錢 — Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策, 戰國策書錄 Stratagems of the Warring States Book Preface — count: 78
• 廨本钱 (廨本錢) 賜內園使公廨本錢一萬貫 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十六 本紀第十六: 穆宗 Volume 16 Annals 16: Muzong — count: 11
• 本钱作 (本錢作) 姚本錢作 — Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策, 卷五　秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III — count: 7
• 籴本钱 (籴本錢) 總制糴本錢半年 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三十五 本紀第三十五 孝宗三 Volume 35 Annals 35: Xiaozong 3 — count: 6
• 本钱添 (本錢添) 姚本錢添 — Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策, 卷二十八　韓三 Chapter 28: Han III — count: 5
• 盐本钱 (鹽本錢) 泰等州諸鹽場欠亭戶鹽本錢一百一十萬貫 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十二 志第一百三十五 食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d — count: 5
• 本钱一 (本錢一) 賜內園使公廨本錢一萬貫 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十六 本紀第十六: 穆宗 Volume 16 Annals 16: Muzong — count: 4
• 给本钱 (給本錢) 官給本錢 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十二 志第一百三十五 食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d — count: 4
• 置本钱 (置本錢) 量置本錢和糴 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十一 本紀第十一: 代宗 Volume 11 Annals 11: Daizong — count: 4
• 茶本钱 (茶本錢) 以蘄州市茶本錢視鎮戎軍粟直 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十三 志第一百三十六 食貨下五 Volume 183 Treatises 136: Finance and Economics 2e — count: 4