









元元本本 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to give a detailed account of the whole story from beginning to end”. Including all the causes and the entire process without omitting anything.

Turn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
Open the tool →
Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
Open the tool →
Choose character parts and animate their colors, together or in stroke order
Open the tool →
Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →元元本本 (yuán yuán běn běn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to give a detailed account of the whole story from beginning to end”.
元元本本 is pronounced yuán yuán běn běn in Mandarin Chinese.
元元:探索原始;本本:寻求根本。原指探索事物的根由底细。后指详细叙述事情的全部起因和整个过程,一点不漏。