老本

1. • capital
2. • assets
3. • savings
4. • nest egg
5. • reputation

     fig.

6. • laurels (to rest upon)
7. • old edition of a book
8. • trunk

     tree

Character by character

• 老(lǎo)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• 本(běn)root