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开始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4]
开头 kāi tóu beginning / to start
开端 kāi duān start / beginning
伊始 yī shǐ outset / beginning
发端 fā duān beginning / origin / to originate / to initiate
发轫 fā rèn to set (sth) afoot / to initiate / beginning / origin / commencement
初 chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
朔 shuò beginning / first day of lunar month / north
起头 qǐ tóu to start / at first / beginning
权舆 quán yú to sprout / (fig). to begin / beginning
开首 kāi shǒu beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
首页 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
起来 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3 lai5]
一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / from the beginning of ... up to ... / all along
始终 shǐ zhōng from beginning to end / all along
前后 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
全程 quán chéng the whole distance / from beginning to end
初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period
年初 nián chū beginning of the year
新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
贯穿 guàn chuān to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link
初学者 chū xué zhě beginning student
开场 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
有史以来 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history
片头 piàn tóu opening titles (of movie) / leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel)
起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by
自来 zì lái from the beginning / always / to come of one's own accord
起先 qǐ xiān at first / in the beginning
开门红 kāi mén hóng a good beginning
春意 chūn yì beginning of spring / thoughts of love
开春 kāi chūn beginning of spring / the lunar New Year
卢沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
立春 Lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February
原原本本 yuán yuán běn běn from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
苦尽甘来 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
头 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
本末 běn mò the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
万事开头难 wàn shì kāi tóu nán every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part
七七事变 Qī Qī Shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
起讫 qǐ qì beginning and end (dates)
虚岁 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) &ndash / In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
芦沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
筚路蓝缕 bì lù lán lu:3 the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)
如是我闻 rú shì wǒ wén so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
南昌起义 Nán chāng Qǐ yì Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
开始以前 kāi shǐ yǐ qián before the beginning (of sth)
年代初 nián dài chū beginning of an age / beginning of a decade
般若波罗密 bō rě bō luó mì prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
冻容 dòng róng "youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
太初 tài chū the absolute beginning
巫蛊之祸 wū gǔ zhī huò 91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
发语辞 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
卢沟桥事变 Lú gōu Qiáo Shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
笄之年 jī zhī nián beginning of maturity (of a girl)
笄年 jī nián beginning of maturity (of a girl)
芦沟桥事变 Lú gōu Qiáo Shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
三不知 sān bù zhī to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all
入月 rù yuè (of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
谨启 jǐn qǐ to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
大寿 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
重头 chóng tóu anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
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