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初
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Definitions
- 1. at first
- 2. (at the) beginning
- 3. first
- 4. junior
- 5. basic
Example Sentences
1 shown初 學者應先學習口說英語。
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Words Containing 初
see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]
primary education
early years
junior high school
to make a preliminary estimate
preliminary contest
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
newborn
Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist
to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc)
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[sān zì jīng])
startup (company, phase etc)
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[líng méng chū]
for the first time
at the outset
as before
2nd year in junior middle school
Lotus (department store chain)
original intention
the absolute beginning
junior high student
first
initial stage
early evening when lanterns are first lit
primary election
early part (of a decade, century etc)
to marry for the first time
initial
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
to bury the hatchet
the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
first draft (of writing)
(literary) former times
preliminary trial
the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
early summer
first sign (of budding talent)
the first meridian
at that time
intact
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang
to be a newcomer
feelings of first love
startup company
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
initial
early winter
elementary (i.e. easy)
first sign of budding talent
menarche
early evening
first day of lunar month
beginning of the year
to have a try
late Ming and early Qing
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[wáng bó], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[yáng jiǒng], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[lú zhào lín], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[luò bīn wáng]
rising (sun, moon etc)
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
first sign of budding talent
junior
initial
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc
see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]
tentative idea
the Greenwich meridian
first offender
beginning student
see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
beginning of an age
late Yuan and early Ming
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
start of month
(computing) to initialize
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
preliminary exam
elementary algebra
early autumn
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
first love
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
first founded
third year in junior middle school
originally