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本田 (Běn tián) — Honda (Japanese car manufacturer)

Definition

noun
Honda (Japanese car manufacturer)

Examples

  • 本田。
    Tā kāi le yí liàng Běn tián qì chē.
    He drives a Honda car.
  • 本田。
    Běn tián De mó tuō chē zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    Honda motorcycles are of good quality.
  • 本田。
    Wǒ dǎ suàn mǎi yì tái Běn tián de fā diàn jī.
    I plan to buy a Honda generator.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

田 looks like a field divided into four sections.

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