- 起初，他不会说英语。
At first he could not speak English at all.
- 初生之犊不畏虎。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
- 初学者应先学习口说英语。
Beginners should learn spoken English first.
- 最初的旗袍是宽松的。
The original qipao was wide and loose.
- 起初，神创造了天地。
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- 起初谁也不相信我。
No one believed me at first.
- 事情比我们最初想象的更严重。
It was much worse than we initially thought.
- 这本书是用简单英语写成的，让初学者看得懂。
This book is written in easy English for beginners to understand.
- 我起初不怎么喜欢摇滚音乐，不过现在喜欢上了。
At first I did not like rock music, but now I do.
- 我起初觉得广播体操很无聊，但是现在却喜欢上了。
At the beginning, I was bored with radio gymnastics, but now I do not dislike it.
