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启
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Definitions
- 1. Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[yǔ], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[xià cháo] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- 2. to open
- 3. to start
- 4. to initiate
- 5. to enlighten or awaken
- 6. to state
- 7. to inform
Words Containing 启
the Revelation of St John the divine
Introitus (section of Catholic mass)
Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[zhū yóu xiào] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[míng xī zōng]
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)
Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
Dear Sirs
to instruct the young
boot sector (computing)
(astronomy) Venus
to open one's mouth
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
see 承前啟後|承前启后[chéng qián qǐ hòu]
promoter
to start (a machine)
to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)
obituary (archaic term)
to submit a report to the king
Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
heuristic
to set out on a journey
heuristic method
Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
Enlightenment (philosophy)
to open sth that has been sealed
to enlighten
to open
to reboot; to restart
to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
to edify
to reveal
to ship (goods)
revelator
respectful closing to a letter
to start using
deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition