小本

小本	xiǎo běn	small capital / on a shoestring
小	xiǎo	small / tiny / few / young
本	běn	(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