Characters
- 本 (本): (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
- 来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 面 (面): face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- 目 (目): eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
Resources
- Wiktionary: 本来面目
- MDBG: 本来面目
- Examples with 本来面目 on Tatoeba
Examples
他要强使一 种土地滋生另一种土地上的东西，强使一种树木结出另一种树木的果实；他将气候、风 雨、季节搞得混乱不清；他残害他的狗、他的马和他的奴仆；他扰乱一切，毁伤一切东 西的本来面目；他喜爱丑陋和奇形怪状的东西；他不愿意事物天然的那个样子，甚至对 人也是如此，必须把人象练马场的马那样加以训练；必须把人象花园中的树木那样，照 他喜爱的样子弄得歪歪扭扭。