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HSK 3
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at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
initial / preliminary / tentative
HSK 3
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
at that time / originally
HSK 3
beginning of the year
HSK 3
first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally
HSK 4
initial stage / beginning period
HSK 5
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
start of month / early in the month
HSK 7-9
original intention
HSK 7-9
for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc)
HSK 7-9
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
third year in junior middle school
first love
2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
primary election
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
startup (company, phase etc); newly established
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition
newborn / nascent / primary (biology)
to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc) / a preliminary study
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
preliminary trial
as before / as ever
early winter
early years
to be a newcomer / just off the boat
first offender / first offense
to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
initial / original / originally / at first
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn
early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
early summer
early evening when lanterns are first lit
early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
to marry for the first time / to be newly married
menarche
to bury the hatchet / to become reconciled
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
at the outset / at first / early
see 初伏
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学)
(literary) beginning of the year
junior high student
(computing) to initialize / initialization
first sign (of budding talent)
the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
beginning of an age / beginning of a decade
Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小學生升入初中生|小学生升入初中生)
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
startup company
Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
Ouyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王
the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
feelings of first love
Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经)
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家
late Yuan and early Ming / mid 14th century
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) / to regret vainly one's past behavior
the absolute beginning
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
primary education / junior school education
elementary algebra
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
Lotus (department store chain)
Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist
to make a preliminary estimate
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
rising (sun, moon etc)
initial / starting (point)
beginning student
tentative idea
first draft (of writing)
junior high school / junior middle school
lower elementary school (abbr. to 初小)
first founded
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang / refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南, Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢|欧阳询, Chu Suiliang 褚遂良 and Xue Ji 薛稷
intact / untouched / as good as before
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
(literary) former times / in olden days

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