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始
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Definitions
- 1. to begin
- 2. to start
- 3. then
- 4. only then
Example Sentences
1 shown您冷靜下來，從頭開 始 跟我說。
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Words Containing 始
comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow
to resume; to restart; to start afresh
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
a new year begins (idiom)
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
primary forest
Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
to start building
the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[lí shān] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
Archaeopteryx
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
to start a match
first
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
Shixing County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
Eocene system (geology)
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
creator
starting point
to initiate
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
primogenitor
from the outset
not expected at the outset (idiom)
to make a new start
Jianshi County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei
to originate
the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an
to start from scratch
to follow through
The Flintstones (TV Series)
Jianshi County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
primitive society
to begin
to initiate
initial
creator
the First Emperor 259-210 BC
Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
(computing) to initialize
from beginning to end
not necessarily
virgin tropical rainforest
from start to finish (idiom)
lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)
to initiate
outset
from start to finish
before the beginning (of sth)
Shixing County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
whole story
unswerving
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through