1 at first

2 (at the) beginning

3 first

4 junior

5 basic

1 first day of lunar month

2 New Year's Day

3 first year in junior middle school

1 at that time

2 originally

1 rays of light

2 brilliant rays

3 radiance

1 third year in junior middle school

1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed

2 with fangs bared

1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)

2 young and inexperienced

3 novice

4 greenhorn