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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
juàn scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
book / booklet / classifier for books
shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books
图书 shū books (in a library or bookstore) / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
书籍 shū books / works
书本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
古籍 ancient text / antique books
出书 chū shū to publish books
大学 xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
四库全书 Quán shū Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
算账 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge
故纸堆 zhǐ duī a pile of old books
书报 shū bào papers and books
书名号 shū míng hào Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)
táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)
二十四史 Èr shí 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
藏书 cáng shū to collect books / library collection
书刊 shū kān books and periodicals; publications
出纳 chū cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books
丛书 cóng shū a series of books / a collection of books
假账 jiǎ zhàng fraudulent financial accounts; cooked books
严复 Yán Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
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
四书 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


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