basic, fundamental, foundation
Example Sentences
人民是国家的基本。
rén mín shì guó jiā de jī běn.
The people are the foundation of the nation.
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Related Words & Compounds
basic, main
basic skills
basic law (constitutional document)
key point; crux / (finance) basis point
(political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
basics; essentials; fundamentals / (finance) fundamentals
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)
basic unit / fundamental building block
elementary particle (particle physics)
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