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  *初* | 初* | *初
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
beginning of the year
HSK 3
at that time / originally
HSK 3
first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally
HSK 4
start of month / early in the month
HSK 7-9
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
at the outset / at first / early
to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
as before / as ever
the absolute beginning
to bury the hatchet / to become reconciled
(literary) beginning of the year
initial / original / originally / at first
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
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)
the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist
late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century
late Yuan and early Ming / mid 14th century
beginning of an age / beginning of a decade
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
intact / untouched / as good as before
(literary) former times / in olden days
the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)


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