初
chū
Pinyin

Definition

初
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chū
  1. at first
  2. (at the) beginning
  3. first
  4. junior
  5. basic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

初
chū
  1. 1 at first
  2. 2 (at the) beginning
  3. 3 first
  4. 4 junior
  5. 5 basic
初一
chū yī
  1. 1 first day of lunar month
  2. 2 New Year's Day
  3. 3 first year in junior middle school
初三
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
初中
chū zhōng
  1. 1 junior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
初二
chū èr
  1. 1 2nd year in junior middle school
  2. 2 2nd day of a lunar month
  3. 3 2nd day of lunar New Year

Idioms (9)

初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
  1. 1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)

Sample Sentences

初学者
chūxuézhě
beginner
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初级，初阶
chūjí ，chūjiē
basic level
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你看了大年初一上映的《流浪地球》吗？这可能是最近最火的科幻片。
nǐ kàn le dàniánchūyī shàngyìng de 《liúlàng dìqiú 》ma ？zhè kěnéng shì zuìjìn zuì huǒ de kēhuàn piàn 。
Have you watched “Wandering Earth” which debuted on the first day of Chinese New Year. This is possibly the hottest sci if movie now.
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金融与经济的一个“稳”字，背后是紧扣高层部署、各个决策部门的统筹协调，这也是金融委成立的一大初衷。
jīnróng yǔ jīngjì de yīge “wěn ”zì ，bèihòu shì jǐnkòu gāocéng bùshǔ 、gègè juécè bùmén de tǒngchóu xiétiáo ，zhè yě shì jīnróng Wěi chénglì de yīdà chūzhōng 。
A "stable" finance and economy is the result of close cooperation and overall coordination between high-level and various decision-making departments. This is also the original intention of the financial committee.
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他将其形容为“可怕的单边协议”，当初根本不应该制定它。
tā jiāng qí xíngróng wéi “kěpà de dānbiān xiéyì ”，dāngchū gēnběn bù yīnggāi zhìdìng tā 。
He described it as a horrible one-sided deal that should never have been made.
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以色列从签订之初就反对该协议，因为我们说过，该协议不但没有阻止伊朗研制核弹，
Yǐsèliè cóng qiāndìng zhīchū jiù fǎnduì gāi xiéyì ，yīnwèi wǒmen shuō guò ，gāi xiéyì bùdàn méiyǒu zǔzhǐ Yīlǎng yánzhì hédàn ，
Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we said that rather than blocking Iran's path to a bomb,
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中国唐宋元时期，陆上和海上丝绸之路同步发展，中国、意大利、摩洛哥的旅行家杜环马可波罗、伊本白图泰都在陆上和海上丝绸之路留下了历史印记。15世纪初的明代，中国著名航海家郑和七次远洋航海，留下千古佳话。
Zhōngguó Táng Sòng Yuán shíqī ，lùshàng hé hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù tóngbù fāzhǎn ，Zhōngguó 、Yìdàlì 、Móluògē de lǚxíngjiā Dùhuán MǎkěBōluó 、Yīběnbáitútài dōu zài lùshàng hé hǎishàng SīchóuzhīLù liúxià le lìshǐ yìnjì 。15 shìjì chū de Míngdài ，Zhōngguó zhùmíng hánghǎijiā ZhèngHé qī cì yuǎnyáng hánghǎi ，liúxià qiāngǔjiāhuà 。
In China’s Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, during the synchronous development of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, Chinese, Italian and Moroccan explorers Du Huan, Marco Polo and Ibn Battut, all left traces in the history of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. During the Ming Dynasty at the start of the 15th Century, the famous Chinese navigator Zheng He went on seven distant voyages, leaving behind legendary tales.
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靡不有初，鲜克有终。”实现中华民族伟大复兴需要一代又一代人为之努力。中华民族创造了具有五千多年历史的灿烂文明，也一定能够创造出更加灿烂的明天。
mí bù yǒu chū ，xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng 。”shíxiàn zhōnghuámínzú wěidà fùxīng xūyào yī dài yòu yī dài rén wèi zhī nǔlì 。zhōnghuámínzú chuàngzào le jùyǒu wǔ qiān duōnián lìshǐ de cànlàn wénmíng ，yě yīdìng nénggòu chuàngzào chū gèngjiā cànlàn de míngtiān 。
"We should never start that which we cannot finish.” To implement the great renaissance of the Chinese people, we need hard work in generation after generation. The Chinese people created a brilliant civilization of over 5000 years of history, and they are surely able to create a more brilliant tomorrow.
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一开始想要做一个主播的初衷是什么呢？
yīkāishǐ xiǎngyào zuò yīgē zhǔbō de chūzhōng shì shénme ne ？
What was your original intention of becoming a host at the beginning?
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我认识一个美国人，他一进到中国的公司就用美国人的方法管理员工，真是初生之犊不畏虎。
wǒ rènshi yī ge Měiguó rén ，tā yī jìn dào Zhōngguó de gōngsī jiù yòng Měiguórén de fāngfǎ guǎnlǐ yuángōng ，zhēnshi chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ 。
I know a guy from the U.S., as soon as he started to work in a Chinese company, he used his American way to manage his employees. He really is the new born calf who is not afraid of tigers.
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