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HSK
from beginning to end / all along
HSK 3
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
HSK 5
creator; founder; initiator
HSK 7-9
from start to finish (idiom)
HSK 7-9
primitive man; prehistoric human
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
to start building
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *始* | 始* | *始
to begin / to start / then / only then
primitive society
Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
to initiate; to found
to start from scratch
to originate
not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events
initial / starting (point)
whole story / the ins and outs
primogenitor / founder of a school or trade
Archaeopteryx
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
school opening ceremony (to mark the start of a semester) (Tw)
the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山 near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
Gushi, a county in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市, Henan
unswerving / unflinching
Shixing, a county in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong
a new year begins (idiom)
lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom) / fig. the originator of an evil practice
outset / beginning
to initiate
to initiate / to start / the start
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
Jianshi, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
not necessarily / may not turn out to be / maybe not
to follow through; to carry through to the end
to make a new start / to regenerate
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
to resume; to restart; to start afresh
(computing) to initialize / initialization
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
from start to finish
creator; initiator
The Flintstones (TV Series)
the First Emperor 259-210 BC
the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an
Eocene system (geology)
old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover
virgin tropical rainforest
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating
starting point / initial point
comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen
lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
from the outset / ab initio
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle


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