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報本反始 报本反始 [bao4 ben3 fan3 shi3] /ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)/ 6268 1
倡始 倡始 [chang4 shi3] /to initiate/ 6484 1
重新開始 重新开始 [chong2 xin1 kai1 shi3] /to resume; to restart; to start afresh/ 1415 1
初始 初始 [chu1 shi3] /initial/starting (point)/ 6655 1
初始化 初始化 [chu1 shi3 hua4] /(computing) to initialize/initialization/ 5623 1
創始 创始 [[chuang4shi3]] /to initiate; to found/ 847 2
創始人 创始人 [[chuang4shi3ren2]] /creator; founder; initiator/ 612 2
創始者 创始者 [[chuang4shi3zhe3]] /creator; initiator/ 770 2
從零開始 从零开始 [cong2 ling2 kai1 shi3] /to start from scratch/ 3531 1
阿房宮 阿房宫 [[E1pang2 Gong1]] /Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]/also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1]/ 400 2
焚書坑儒 焚书坑儒 [fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2] /to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])/ 3191 1
更始 更始 [geng1 shi3] /to make a new start/to regenerate/ 6658 1
固始 固始 [[Gu4shi3]] /see 固始縣|固始县[Gu4shi3 Xian4]/ 340 2
固始縣 固始县 [[Gu4shi3 Xian4]] /Gushi, a county in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4yang2 Shi4], Henan/ 340 2
貫徹始終 贯彻始终 [guan4 che4 shi3 zhong1] /to follow through; to carry through to the end/ 1109 1
建始 建始 [[Jian4shi3]] /see 建始縣|建始县[Jian4shi3 Xian4]/ 339 2
建始縣 建始县 [[Jian4shi3 Xian4]] /Jianshi, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1shi1 Tu3jia1zu2 Miao2zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], Hubei/ 339 2
荊軻 荆轲 [Jing1 Ke1] /Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)/ 6872 1
開始 开始 [[kai1shi3]] /to begin; to start/beginning; start/ 2 2
呂不韋 吕不韦 [Lü3 Bu4 wei2] /Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]/ 4885 1
摩登原始人 摩登原始人 [Mo2 deng1 Yuan2 shi3 ren2] /The Flintstones (TV Series)/ 5777 1
起始 起始 [qi3 shi3] /to originate/ 5551 1
千里之行,始於足下 千里之行,始于足下 [qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 , shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4] /lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step/fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one/ 5650 1
[[Qin2]] /surname Qin/Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]/short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1]/ 384 2
秦代 秦代 [Qin2 dai4] /Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China/ 5871 1
秦始皇 秦始皇 [Qin2 Shi3 huang2] /Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor/ 5871 1
秦始皇帝 秦始皇帝 [Qin2 Shi3 Huang2 di4] /the First Emperor 259-210 BC/ 6303 1
秦始皇帝陵 秦始皇帝陵 [Qin2 Shi3 Huang2 di4 ling2] /the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an/ 6303 1
秦始皇陵 秦始皇陵 [Qin2 Shi3 huang2 ling2] /the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)/ 5833 1
善始善終 善始善终 [shan4 shi3 shan4 zhong1] /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./ 6332 1
[[shi3]] /old variant of 始[shi3]/ 714 2
[shi3] /old variant of 始[shi3]/ 4711 1
[shi3] /to begin/to start/then/only then/ 6049 1
始點 始点 [shi3 dian3] /starting point/initial point/ 6564 1
始發 始发 [shi3 fa1] /(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)/to start (being issued or circulated)/to start (happening)/originating/ 4147 1
始建 始建 [shi3 jian4] /to start building/ 2107 1
始料未及 始料未及 [shi3 liao4 wei4 ji2] /not expected at the outset (idiom)/unforeseen/to be surprised by the turn of events/ 5393 1
始末 始末 [shi3 mo4] /whole story/the ins and outs/ 7100 1
始新紀 始新纪 [shi3 xin1 ji4] /Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)/ 6564 1
始新世 始新世 [Shi3 xin1 shi4] /Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)/ 6800 1
始新統 始新统 [shi3 xin1 tong3] /Eocene system (geology)/ 6172 1
始業式 始业式 [shi3 ye4 shi4] /school opening ceremony (to mark the start of a semester) (Tw)/ 2188 1
始終 始终 [shi3 zhong1] /from beginning to end/all along/ 7100 1
始終不渝 始终不渝 [shi3 zhong1 bu4 yu2] /unswerving/unflinching/ 5331 1
始終如一 始终如一 [shi3 zhong1 ru2 yi1] /unswerving from start to finish (idiom)/ 6332 1
始祖 始祖 [shi3 zu3] /primogenitor/founder of a school or trade/ 6918 1
始興 始兴 [[Shi3xing1]] /see 始興縣|始兴县[Shi3xing1 Xian4]/ 359 2
始興縣 始兴县 [[Shi3xing1 Xian4]] /Shixing, a county in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2guan1 Shi4], Guangdong/ 359 2
始祖鳥 始祖鸟 [[shi3zu3niao3]] /archaeopteryx/ 245 2
始作俑者 始作俑者 [[shi3zuo4yong3zhe3]] /(lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)/(fig.) the originator of an evil practice/ 49 2
太子丹 太子丹 [[Tai4zi3 Dan1]] /Prince Dan of Yan (–226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] of Qin 秦[Qin2] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC/ 67 2
尉繚 尉缭 [Wei4 Liao2] /Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy/ 4684 1
未始 未始 [wei4 shi3] /not necessarily/may not turn out to be/maybe not/ 6565 1
旬始 旬始 [xun2 shi3] /comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow/evil omen/ 6584 1
燕太子丹 燕太子丹 [Yan1 Tai4 zi3 Dan1] /Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC/ 1947 1
伊始 伊始 [yi1 shi3] /outset/beginning/ 4145 1
一元復始 一元复始 [yi1 yuan2 fu4 shi3] /a new year begins (idiom)/ 3791 1
嬴政 嬴政 [Ying2 Zheng4] /Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]/ 5871 1
有始無終 有始无终 [you3 shi3 wu2 zhong1] /to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through/lack of sticking power/short attention span/ 6332 1
有始有終 有始有终 [you3 shi3 you3 zhong1] /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./ 6332 1
原始 原始 [yuan2 shi3] /first/original/primitive/original (document etc)/ 6919 1
原始林 原始林 [yuan2 shi3 lin2] /old growth forest/primary forest/original forest cover/ 6162 1
原始碼 原始码 [yuan2 shi3 ma3] /source code (computing) (Tw, HK)/ 3403 1
原始熱帶雨林 原始热带雨林 [yuan2 shi3 re4 dai4 yu3 lin2] /virgin tropical rainforest/ 6144 1
原始社會 原始社会 [yuan2 shi3 she4 hui4] /primitive society/ 6556 1
原始人 原始人 [[yuan2shi3ren2]] /primitive man; prehistoric human/ 820 2
肇始 肇始 [zhao4 shi3] /to initiate/to start/the start/ 7100 1
至始至終 至始至终 [zhi4 shi3 zhi4 zhong1] /from start to finish/ 7100 1
終而復始 终而复始 [zhong1 er2 fu4 shi3] /lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle/ 6332 1
週而復始 周而复始 [zhou1 er2 fu4 shi3] /lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles/the wheel comes full circle/ 6332 1
自始 自始 [zi4 shi3] /from the outset/ab initio/ 6110 1
自始至終 自始至终 [zi4 shi3 zhi4 zhong1] /from start to finish (idiom)/ 6304 1

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