初 步 设 想

chū bù shè xiǎngdictionary entry

tentative idea

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Original source entry:

初步設想初步设想 [chu1 bu4 she4 xiang3] /tentative idea/

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Other forms in these source records: 初步設想

初
chū
(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[chū sān] "the third"
步
bù
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
Bù
surname Bu
设
shè
to set up / to put in place / (math.) given / suppose / if
想
xiǎng
to think (about) / to think of / to devise / to think (that) / to believe (that) / to desire / to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

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