to begin / to start / then / only then
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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.
to begin / to start / beginning / start
from beginning to end / all along
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
creator / founder / initiator
(lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom) / (fig.) the originator of an evil practice
unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
whole story / the ins and outs
primogenitor / founder of a school or trade
from start to finish (idiom)
initial / starting (point)
(computing) to initialize / initialization
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 initiate / to found
to begin / to start / at first / initially
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.
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle
to start building
not anticipated at the outset / unforeseen
not anticipated at the outset / unforeseen
Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
Eocene system (geology)
school opening ceremony (to mark the start of a semester) (Tw)
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating
archaeopteryx
unswerving / unflinching
starting point
a new year begins (idiom)
outset / beginning
to initiate
creator / initiator
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
primitive man / prehistoric human
old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover
virgin tropical rainforest
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
primitive society
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
to start from scratch
comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27