1 to begin

2 beginning

3 to start

4 initial

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 outset

2 beginning

1 first

2 original

3 primitive

4 original (document etc)

1 from beginning to end

2 all along

1 a new year begins (idiom)

1 a new year begins (idiom)

1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

2 to carry things through

3 I started, so I'll finish.

1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)

2 fig. the originator of an evil practice

1 not expected at the outset (idiom)

2 unforeseen

3 to be surprised by the turn of events