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  • 1

    adj.basic; essential; cardinal; fundamental

    • wǒ men bù néng huí bì zuì gēn běn de wèn tí

      我们回避根本问题

      We can't avoid the basic problem.

    • zhè jiàn shì de gēn běn yuán yīn yǐ jīng bù zhòng yào le

      根本原因已经重要

      The root cause of this matter is no longer important.

    • zhǐ yǒu zuò chū gēn běn de gǎi biàn wǒ men cái néng chéng gōng

      只有作出根本改变我们成功

      We can't succeed until we make radical changes.

  • 2

    n.root; essence; base; foundation

    • zhè shì zhè jiàn shì de gēn běn

      根本

      This is the root of this matter.

    • zhè shì jì huà de gēn běn

      计划根本

      This is the basis of the plan.

    • zhè shì fāng àn de gēn běn

      方案根本

      This is the foundation of the plan.

  • 3

    adv.totally; thoroughly; radically; completely; utterly; entirely

    • dí rén yǐ jīng gēn běn bèi xiāo miè le

      敌人已经根本消灭

      The enemies have been completely eliminated.

    • tā gēn běn méi yǒu gǎi biàn zì jǐ duì jiào yù de tài du

      根本没有改变自己教育态度

      He has not changed his attitude towards education at all.

    • wǒ gēn běn bù tóng yì

      根本同意

      I totally disagree.

  • 4

    adv.at all; simply; ever

    • zhè huà wǒ men gēn běn méi shuō guò

      我们根本

      We never said that.

    • wǒ gēn běn bù xīn shǎng zhè bù diàn yǐng

      根本欣赏电影

      I didn't enjoy this movie at all.

    • jīng lǐ gēn běn jiù méi xiǎng dào zhè xiē wèn tí

      经理根本这些问题

      The manager has never thought of these problems.