Sharon Stone's alluring pose in the movie Basic Instinct is surely a classic.
Cantonese
求生嘅本能
求生嘅本能
kau4 sang1 ge3 bun2 nang4
survival instinct
Cantonese
本能反应
本能反應
bun2 nang4 faan2 jing3
immediate response
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
动物本能
動物本能
dòng wù běn néng
animal instinct
Mandarin
本能反应
本能反應
běn néng fǎn yìng
instinctive reaction
Mandarin
中国是一个庞大的国家,就是日本能占领中国一万万至二万万人口的区域,我们离战败还很远呢。
中國是一個龐大的國家,就是日本能佔領中國一萬萬至二萬萬人口的區域,我們離戰敗還很遠呢。
zhōng guó shì yī ge páng dà de guó jiā , jiù shì rì běn néng zhàn lǐng zhōng guó yī wàn wàn zhì èr wàn wàn rén kǒu de qū yù , wǒ men lí zhàn bài hái hěn yuǎn ne .
China is a vast country, and even if Japan should succeed in occupying a section of China with as many as 100 to 200 million people, we would still be far from defeated.