肇始
zhào shǐ
Pinyin

Definition

肇始
 - 
zhào shǐ
  1. to initiate
  2. to start
  3. the start

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
伊始
yī shǐ
  1. 1 outset
  2. 2 beginning
创始人
chuàng shǐ rén
  1. 1 creator
  2. 2 founder
  3. 3 initiator
原始
yuán shǐ
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 original
  3. 3 primitive
  4. 4 original (document etc)
始
shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 then
  4. 4 only then
始终
shǐ zhōng
  1. 1 from beginning to end
  2. 2 all along
肇庆
Zhào qìng
  1. 1 Zhaoqing prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng] in south China
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
丁肇中
Dīng Zhào zhōng
  1. 1 Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
初始
chū shǐ
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 starting (point)
初始化
chū shǐ huà
  1. 1 (computing) to initialize
  2. 2 initialization
创始
chuàng shǐ
  1. 1 to initiate
  2. 2 to found
创始者
chuàng shǐ zhě
  1. 1 creator
  2. 2 initiator
原始林
yuán shǐ lín
  1. 1 old growth forest
  2. 2 primary forest
  3. 3 original forest cover
固始
Gù shǐ
  1. 1 Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
固始县
Gù shǐ xiàn
  1. 1 Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
始建
shǐ jiàn
  1. 1 to start building
  2. 2 first built
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events
始末
shǐ mò
  1. 1 whole story
  2. 2 the ins and outs

Idioms (11)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events
始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī
  1. 1 unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
  1. 1 to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
自始至终
zì shǐ zhì zhōng
  1. 1 from start to finish (idiom)
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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