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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

更始gēng shǐ

to make a new start / to regenerate

有始无终yǒu shǐ wú zhōng

to start but not finish (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span

未始wèi shǐ

not necessarily / may not turn out to be / maybe not

终而复始zhōng ér fù shǐ

lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom) / the wheel comes full circle

肇始zhào shǐ

to initiate / to start / the start

自始zì shǐ

from the outset / ab initio