开端 (開端)
kāi duān
Pinyin

Definition

开端 (開端)
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kāi duān
  1. start
  2. beginning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

客户端
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
端
duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 extremity
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 port
  5. 5 to hold sth level with both hands
  6. 6 to carry
  7. 7 regular
极端
jí duān
  1. 1 extreme
端正
duān zhèng
  1. 1 upright
  2. 2 regular
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 correct
端庄
duān zhuāng
  1. 1 dignified
  2. 2 composed

Idioms (6)

一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
不可端倪
bù kě duān ní
  1. 1 impossible to get even an outline (idiom)
  2. 2 unfathomable
  3. 3 not a clue
百端待举
bǎi duān dài jǔ
  1. 1 a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
  2. 2 numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
诡计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous
  2. 2 full of craft and cunning
连锅端
lián guō duān
  1. 1 to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
  2. 2 to clean out
  3. 3 to wipe out

Sample Sentences

我也没办法。是大老板的吩咐，说新年希望有个好的开端。我也只能照做，大家多担待担待。晚上我请客。
wǒ yě méi bànfǎ 。shì dà lǎobǎn de fēnfù ，shuō xīnnián xīwàng yǒu ge hǎo de kāiduān 。wǒ yě zhǐnéng zhào zuò ，dàjiā duō dāndài dāndài 。wǎnshang wǒ qǐngkè 。
There's nothing I can do. It's at the instruction of the big boss. He said he hoped the new year could get off to a good start - so, that's all I can do. Everyone will just have to bear with me. Tonight's on me.
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