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Trad |
Simp |
Mandarin |
Definition |
Days old |
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本初子午線 |
本初子午线 |
[ben3 chu1 zi3 wu3 xian4] |
/the first meridian/the prime meridian/ |
7173
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1 |
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初 |
初 |
[[chu1]] |
/(bound form) at first; initially/(bound form) first; early/(bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1san1] "the third"/ |
235
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2 |
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初步 |
初步 |
[chu1 bu4] |
/initial/preliminary/tentative/ |
7173
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1 |
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初步設想 |
初步设想 |
[chu1 bu4 she4 xiang3] |
/tentative idea/ |
6228
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1 |
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初潮 |
初潮 |
[chu1 chao2] |
/menarche/ |
7105
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1 |
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初出茅廬 |
初出茅庐 |
[chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2] |
/venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)/young and inexperienced/novice/greenhorn/ |
5386
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1 |
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初創公司 |
初创公司 |
[chu1 chuang4 gong1 si1] |
/startup company/ |
1357
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1 |
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初次 |
初次 |
[chu1 ci4] |
/for the first time/first (meeting, attempt etc)/ |
4146
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1 |
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初等 |
初等 |
[chu1 deng3] |
/elementary (i.e. easy)/ |
7012
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1 |
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初等代數 |
初等代数 |
[chu1 deng3 dai4 shu4] |
/elementary algebra/ |
7173
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1 |
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初等教育 |
初等教育 |
[chu1 deng3 jiao4 yu4] |
/primary education/junior school education/ |
6950
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1 |
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初冬 |
初冬 |
[chu1 dong1] |
/early winter/ |
6137
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1 |
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初犯 |
初犯 |
[chu1 fan4] |
/first offender/first offense/ |
6191
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1 |
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初伏 |
初伏 |
[chu1 fu2] |
/the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days/ |
1669
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1 |
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初稿 |
初稿 |
[chu1 gao3] |
/first draft (of writing)/ |
6768
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1 |
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初更 |
初更 |
[chu1 geng1] |
/first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)/ |
6152
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1 |
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初估 |
初估 |
[chu1 gu1] |
/to make a preliminary estimate/ |
5114
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1 |
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初級 |
初级 |
[chu1 ji2] |
/junior/primary/ |
7173
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1 |
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初刻拍案驚奇 |
初刻拍案惊奇 |
[Chu1 ke4 Pai1 an4 Jing1 qi2] |
/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[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]/ |
4943
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1 |
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初來乍到 |
初来乍到 |
[chu1 lai2 zha4 dao4] |
/to be a newcomer/just off the boat/ |
5390
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1 |
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初戀 |
初恋 |
[chu1 lian4] |
/first love/ |
6919
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1 |
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初戀感覺 |
初恋感觉 |
[chu1 lian4 gan3 jue2] |
/feelings of first love/ |
6624
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1 |
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初露 |
初露 |
[chu1 lu4] |
/first sign (of budding talent)/ |
6918
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1 |
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初露才華 |
初露才华 |
[chu1 lu4 cai2 hua2] |
/first sign of budding talent/to display one's ability for the first time/ |
6918
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1 |
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初露鋒芒 |
初露锋芒 |
[chu1 lu4 feng1 mang2] |
/first sign of budding talent/to display one's ability for the first time/ |
6918
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1 |
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初露頭角 |
初露头角 |
[chu1 lu4 tou2 jiao3] |
/lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent/first sign of emerging talent/budding genius/ |
6404
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1 |
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初年 |
初年 |
[chu1 nian2] |
/early years/ |
6635
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1 |
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初期 |
初期 |
[chu1 qi1] |
/initial stage/beginning period/ |
7173
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1 |
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初秋 |
初秋 |
[chu1 qiu1] |
/early autumn/7th month of the lunar calendar/ |
4875
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1 |
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初賽 |
初赛 |
[chu1 sai4] |
/preliminary contest/initial heats of a competition/ |
5979
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1 |
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初設 |
初设 |
[chu1 she4] |
/first founded/ |
6957
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1 |
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初審 |
初审 |
[chu1 shen3] |
/preliminary trial/ |
6210
|
1 |
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初升 |
初升 |
[chu1 sheng1] |
/rising (sun, moon etc)/ |
6992
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1 |
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初生 |
初生 |
[chu1 sheng1] |
/newborn/nascent/primary (biology)/ |
6139
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1 |
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初生牛犢不怕虎 |
初生牛犊不怕虎 |
[chu1 sheng1 niu2 du2 bu4 pa4 hu3] |
/lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)/fig. the young are fearless/ |
2793
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1 |
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初始 |
初始 |
[chu1 shi3] |
/initial/starting (point)/ |
6728
|
1 |
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初始化 |
初始化 |
[chu1 shi3 hua4] |
/(computing) to initialize/initialization/ |
5696
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1 |
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初試 |
初试 |
[chu1 shi4] |
/preliminary exam/qualifying exam/first try/preliminary testing/ |
5256
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1 |
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初試身手 |
初试身手 |
[chu1 shi4 shen1 shou3] |
/to have a try/to try one's hand/initial foray/ |
5175
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1 |
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初唐四傑 |
初唐四杰 |
[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
/the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]/ |
3512
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1 |
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初文 |
初文 |
[chu1 wen2] |
/archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character/ |
4124
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1 |
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初夏 |
初夏 |
[chu1 xia4] |
/early summer/ |
6627
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1 |
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初心 |
初心 |
[chu1 xin1] |
/(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)/ |
3447
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1 |
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初選 |
初选 |
[chu1 xuan3] |
/primary election/ |
2650
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1 |
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初學者 |
初学者 |
[chu1 xue2 zhe3] |
/beginning student/ |
7173
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1 |
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初夜 |
初夜 |
[chu1 ye4] |
/early evening/wedding night/(fig.) first sexual encounter/ |
4308
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1 |
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初葉 |
初叶 |
[chu1 ye4] |
/early part (of a decade, century etc)/the first years/ |
6780
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1 |
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初衷 |
初衷 |
[chu1 zhong1] |
/original intention/ |
2594
|
1 |
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初中生 |
初中生 |
[chu1 zhong1 sheng1] |
/junior high student/ |
5287
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1 |
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初創 |
初创 |
[[chu1chuang4]] |
/startup (company, phase etc); newly established/ |
842
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2 |
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初二 |
初二 |
[[chu1er4]] |
/second year in junior middle school/second day of a lunar month/ |
126
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2 |
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初婚 |
初婚 |
[[chu1hun1]] |
/to marry for the first time/to be newly married/ |
903
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2 |
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初級小學 |
初级小学 |
[[chu1ji2 xiao3xue2]] |
/lower elementary school/ |
228
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2 |
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初級中學 |
初级中学 |
[[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2]] |
/junior high school; junior middle school; lower secondary school/ |
235
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2 |
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初經 |
初经 |
[[chu1jing1]] |
/first menstrual period; menarche/ |
23
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2 |
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初具規模 |
初具规模 |
[[chu1ju4 gui1mo2]] |
/(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape/ |
472
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2 |
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初三 |
初三 |
[[chu1san1]] |
/third year in junior middle school/third day of a lunar month/ |
126
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2 |
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初聲 |
初声 |
[[chu1sheng1]] |
/the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable/ |
579
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2 |
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初生之犢不怕虎 |
初生之犊不怕虎 |
[[chu1sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4pa4 hu3]] |
/see 初生牛犢不怕虎|初生牛犊不怕虎[chu1sheng1 niu2du2 bu4pa4 hu3]/ |
94
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2 |
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初生之犢不畏虎 |
初生之犊不畏虎 |
[[chu1sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4wei4 hu3]] |
/see 初生牛犢不怕虎|初生牛犊不怕虎[chu1sheng1 niu2du2 bu4pa4 hu3]/ |
94
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2 |
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初識 |
初识 |
[[chu1shi2]] |
/to meet (sb) for the first time; to encounter (a place, an idea etc) for the first time/ |
364
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2 |
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初探 |
初探 |
[[chu1tan4]] |
/to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc)/a preliminary study/ |
575
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2 |
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初小 |
初小 |
[[chu1xiao3]] |
/lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学[chu1ji2 xiao3xue2])/ |
258
|
2 |
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初一 |
初一 |
[[chu1yi1]] |
/first year in junior middle school/first day of a lunar month/ |
126
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2 |
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初戰 |
初战 |
[[chu1zhan4]] |
/first battle; initial engagement (of a war or military campaign)/ |
313
|
2 |
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初中 |
初中 |
[[chu1zhong1]] |
/junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2])/ |
881
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2 |
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褚遂良 |
褚遂良 |
[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] |
/Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]/ |
3514
|
1 |
|
|
|
大年初一 |
大年初一 |
[[da4nian2 chu1yi1]] |
/Lunar New Year's Day/ |
235
|
2 |
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當初 |
当初 |
[dang1 chu1] |
/at that time/originally/ |
7173
|
1 |
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躲得過初一，躲不過十五 |
躲得过初一，躲不过十五 |
[duo3 de5 guo4 chu1 yi1 , duo3 bu4 guo4 shi2 wu3] |
/lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)/fig. you can't put it off forever/sooner or later you'll have to deal with it/ |
2877
|
1 |
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躲過初一，躲不過十五 |
躲过初一，躲不过十五 |
[duo3 guo4 chu1 yi1 , duo3 bu4 guo4 shi2 wu3] |
/see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duo3 de5 guo4 chu1 yi1 , duo3 bu4 guo4 shi2 wu3]/ |
2877
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1 |
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二刻拍案驚奇 |
二刻拍案惊奇 |
[Er4 ke4 Pai1 an4 Jing1 qi2] |
/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[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]/ |
4943
|
1 |
|
|
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格林尼治本初子午線 |
格林尼治本初子午线 |
[Ge2 lin2 ni2 zhi4 ben3 chu1 zi3 wu3 xian4] |
/the Greenwich meridian/ |
6990
|
1 |
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|
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和好如初 |
和好如初 |
[he2 hao3 ru2 chu1] |
/to bury the hatchet/to become reconciled/ |
7173
|
1 |
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華燈初上 |
华灯初上 |
[hua2 deng1 chu1 shang4] |
/early evening when lanterns are first lit/ |
6551
|
1 |
|
|
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悔不當初 |
悔不当初 |
[hui3 bu4 dang1 chu1] |
/to regret one's past deeds (idiom)/ |
6171
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1 |
|
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既有今日何必當初 |
既有今日何必当初 |
[ji4 you3 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1] |
/see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1]/ |
4733
|
1 |
|
|
|
開初 |
开初 |
[kai1 chu1] |
/at the outset/at first/early/ |
6761
|
1 |
|
|
|
凌濛初 |
凌蒙初 |
[[Ling2 Meng2chu1]] |
/Ling Mengchu (1580–1644), Ming dynasty short story writer and playwright/ |
456
|
2 |
|
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盧照鄰 |
卢照邻 |
[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2] |
/Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]/ |
3512
|
1 |
|
|
|
駱賓王 |
骆宾王 |
[Luo4 Bin1 wang2] |
/Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]/ |
3512
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1 |
|
|
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靡不有初，鮮克有終 |
靡不有初，鲜克有终 |
[mi3 bu4 you3 chu1 , xian3 ke4 you3 zhong1] |
/almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle/ |
6404
|
1 |
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|
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明初 |
明初 |
[Ming2 chu1] |
/the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)/ |
7013
|
1 |
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|
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年初 |
年初 |
[nian2 chu1] |
/beginning of the year/ |
7173
|
1 |
|
|
|
年代初 |
年代初 |
[nian2 dai4 chu1] |
/beginning of an age/beginning of a decade/ |
7173
|
1 |
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歐陽詢 |
欧阳询 |
[Ou1 yang2 Xun2] |
/Ouyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]/ |
3514
|
1 |
|
|
|
起初 |
起初 |
[[qi3chu1]] |
/originally; at first; at the outset/ |
928
|
2 |
|
|
|
清末民初 |
清末民初 |
[[Qing1mo4-Min2chu1]] |
/late Qing and early Republican China/ |
100
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2 |
|
|
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情竇初開 |
情窦初开 |
[qing2 dou4 chu1 kai1] |
/first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)/ |
6152
|
1 |
|
|
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人之初，性本善 |
人之初，性本善 |
[ren2 zhi1 chu1 , xing4 ben3 shan4] |
/man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])/ |
1391
|
1 |
|
|
|
如初 |
如初 |
[ru2 chu1] |
/as before/as ever/ |
5243
|
1 |
|
|
|
三伏 |
三伏 |
[san1 fu2] |
/the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August/ |
1669
|
1 |
|
|
|
歲初 |
岁初 |
[[sui4chu1]] |
/(literary) beginning of the year/ |
564
|
2 |
|
|
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太初 |
太初 |
[tai4 chu1] |
/the absolute beginning/ |
7121
|
1 |
|
|
|
唐初四大家 |
唐初四大家 |
[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
/Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang/refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 褚遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]/ |
2579
|
1 |
|
|
|
頭伏 |
头伏 |
[tou2 fu2] |
/see 初伏[chu1 fu2]/ |
1669
|
1 |
|
|
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完好如初 |
完好如初 |
[wan2 hao3 ru2 chu1] |
/intact/untouched/as good as before/ |
5243
|
1 |
|
|
|
王勃 |
王勃 |
[Wang2 Bo2] |
/Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]/ |
3512
|
1 |
|
|
|
往初 |
往初 |
[wang3 chu1] |
/(literary) former times/in olden days/ |
5007
|
1 |
|
|
|
小升初 |
小升初 |
[xiao3 sheng1 chu1] |
/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[xiao3 xue2 sheng1 sheng1 ru4 chu1 zhong1 sheng1])/ |
2189
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1 |
|
|
|
薛稷 |
薛稷 |
[Xue1 Ji4] |
/Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]/ |
3514
|
1 |
|
|
|
楊炯 |
杨炯 |
[Yang2 Jiong3] |
/Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]/ |
3512
|
1 |
|
|
|
易初蓮花 |
易初莲花 |
[Yi4 chu1 Lian2 hua1] |
/Lotus (department store chain)/ |
4476
|
1 |
|
|
|
虞世南 |
虞世南 |
[Yu2 Shi4 nan2] |
/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[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]/ |
2599
|
1 |
|
|
|
原初 |
原初 |
[yuan2 chu1] |
/initial/original/originally/at first/ |
2160
|
1 |
|
|
|
月初 |
月初 |
[yue4 chu1] |
/start of month/early in the month/ |
6860
|
1 |
|
|
|
早知今日何必當初 |
早知今日何必当初 |
[zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1] |
/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/ |
4732
|
1 |
|
|
|
張靜初 |
张静初 |
[Zhang1 Jing4 chu1] |
/Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress/ |
6326
|
1 |
|
|
|
正月初一 |
正月初一 |
[zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1] |
/New Year's Day in the lunar calendar/ |
6266
|
1 |
|
|
|
最初 |
最初 |
[zui4 chu1] |
/first/primary/initial/original/at first/initially/originally/ |
4032
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1 |
