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What does 本事 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

本事 běnshi

ability; skill

It can also mean

  • source material; original story (of a literary work)

Its characters

  1. 本 běn originally (as in 本来)
  2. 事 shì job

In a sentence

要想不怕它们,你得再学一个大本事:七十二变。

From 七十二变 · Seventy-Two Changes

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