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"beginning" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
发轫 發軔 fā rèn to set (sth) afoot / to initiate / beginning / origin / commencement
开头 開頭 kāi tóu beginning / to start syn
开端 開端 kāi duān start / beginning syn
伊始 yī shǐ outset / beginning syn
发端 發端 fā duān to originate / to initiate / beginning / origin syn
初 chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic syn
朔 shuò beginning / first day of lunar month / north syn
起头 起頭 qǐ tóu to start / at first / beginning syn
开首 開首 kāi shǒu beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
权舆 權輿 quán yú to sprout / (fig). to begin / beginning
Chinese Pinyin Translation
头 頭 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] syn
起来 起來 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. [qi3lai5] syn
始终 始終 shǐ zhōng from beginning to end / all along syn
原原本本 yuán yuán běn běn from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal syn
苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning syn
打口 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
筚路蓝缕 篳路藍縷 bì lù lán lǚ the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom) syn
首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
之后 之後 zhī hòu after / behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards / since then syn
前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear syn
全程 quán chéng the whole distance / from beginning to end
初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period syn
年初 nián chū beginning of the year syn
新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn
贯穿 貫穿 guàn chuān to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link syn
曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn
初学者 初學者 chū xué zhě beginning student
开场 開場 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event syn
有史以来 有史以來 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history syn
起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn
自来 自來 zì lái from the beginning / always / to come of one's own accord syn
起先 qǐ xiān at first / in the beginning syn
开门红 開門紅 kāi mén hóng a good beginning syn
春意 chūn yì beginning of spring / thoughts of love syn
开春 開春 kāi chūn beginning of spring / the lunar New Year syn
卢沟桥 盧溝橋 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
本末 běn mò the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental syn
万事开头难 萬事開頭難 wàn shì kāi tóu nán every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part syn
七七事变 七七事變 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]
倒叙 倒敘 dào xù to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning / to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
起讫 起訖 qǐ qì beginning and end (dates) syn
虚岁 虛歲 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) – 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 蘆溝橋 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]
如是我闻 如是我聞 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 南昌起義 nán chāng qǐ yì Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
年代初 nián dài chū beginning of an age / beginning of a decade
开始以前 開始以前 kāi shǐ yǐ qián before the beginning (of sth)
般若波罗密 般若波羅密 bō rě bō luó mì prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
冻容 凍容 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 巫蠱之禍 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 發語辭 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
卢沟桥事变 盧溝橋事變 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 蘆溝橋事變 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]
鼓箧 鼓篋 gǔ qiè beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
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 謹啟 jǐn qǐ to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
大寿 大壽 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) syn
重头 重頭 chóng tóu anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
一以贯之 一以貫之 yī yǐ guàn zhī (idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld / adhered to from beginning to end
片头 片頭 piān tóu leader (blank section at the beginning or end of a reel of film)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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