初 chū, at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic 当初 dāngchū, [當初], at that time/originally 最初 zuìchū, first/primary/initial/original/at first/initially/originally 起初 qǐchū, originally/at first/at the outset 初步 chūbù, initial/preliminary/tentative 初恋 chūliàn, [初戀], first love 初次 chūcì, for the first time/first (meeting, attempt etc) 初中 chūzhōng, junior high school/abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué] 初级 chūjí, [初級], junior/primary 初期 chūqī, initial stage/beginning period 初衷 chūzhōng, original intention 初始 chūshǐ, initial/starting (point) 初学者 chūxuézhě, [初學者], beginning student 初始化 chūshǐhuà, (computing) to initialize/initialization 初选 chūxuǎn, [初選], primary election 初犯 chūfàn, first offender/first offense 初稿 chūgǎo, first draft (of writing) 初中生 chūzhōngshēng, junior high student 初一 chūyī, first day of lunar month/New Year's Day/first year in junior middle school 年初 niánchū, beginning of the year 初出茅庐 chūchūmáolú, [初出茅廬], venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)/young and inexperie... 初来乍到 chūláizhàdào, [初來乍到], to be a newcomer/just off the boat 初审 chūshěn, [初審], preliminary trial 月初 yuèchū, start of month/early in the month 初三 chūsān, third year in junior middle school 初试 chūshì, [初試], preliminary exam/qualifying exam/first try/preliminary testing 初夏 chūxià, early summer 初二 chūèr, 2nd year in junior middle school/2nd day of a lunar month/2nd day of lunar New Y... 初赛 chūsài, [初賽], preliminary contest/initial heats of a competition 初露锋芒 chūlùfēngmáng, [初露鋒芒], first sign of budding talent/to display one's ability for the first time 悔不当初 huǐbùdāngchū, [悔不當初], to regret one's past deeds (idiom) 初等教育 chūděngjiàoyù, primary education/junior school education 初等 chūděng, elementary (i.e. easy) 初创 chūchuàng, [初創], startup (company, phase etc)/newly established/in the early stages 初级中学 chūjízhōngxué, [初級中學], junior high school/junior middle school 人之初，性本善 rénzhīchū,xìngběnshàn, man at birth is fundamentally good in nature/the first two lines of Three Charac... 元末明初 YuánmòMíngchū, late Yuan and early Ming/mid 14th century 凌蒙初 LíngMéngchū, [凌濛初], Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist/also written 凌蒙初, ... 初伏 chūfú, middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the ye... 初估 chūgū, to make a preliminary estimate 初冬 chūdōng, early winter 初创公司 chūchuànggōngsī, [初創公司], new company/newly established enterprise 初刻拍案惊奇 ChūkèPāiànJīngqí, [初刻拍案驚奇], Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stori... 初升 chūshēng, rising (sun, moon etc) 初叶 chūyè, [初葉], early part (of a decade, century etc)/the first years 初唐四杰 ChūTángSìjié, [初唐四傑], the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wáng Bó], Yang Jiong 楊... 初声 chūshēng, [初聲], initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics) 初夜 chūyè, early evening/wedding night/(fig.) first sexual encounter 初小 chūxiǎo, lower elementary school/abbr. for 初级小学 初年 chūnián, early years 初心 chūxīn, (one's) original intention, aspiration etc/(Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. ha... 初恋感觉 chūliàngǎnjué, [初戀感覺], feelings of first love 初文 chūwén, archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character 初更 chūgēng, first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) 初步设想 chūbùshèxiǎng, [初步設想], tentative idea 初潮 chūcháo, menarche 初生 chūshēng, newborn/nascent/primary (biology) 初生之犊不怕虎 chūshēngzhīdúbùpàhǔ, [初生之犢不怕虎], see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ] 初生之犊不畏虎 chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ, [初生之犢不畏虎], lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)/fig. the fearlessness of y... 初生牛犊不怕虎 chūshēngniúdúbùpàhǔ, [初生牛犢不怕虎], lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)/fig. the young are fearless 初秋 chūqiū, early autumn/7th month of the lunar calendar 初等代数 chūděngdàishù, [初等代數], elementary algebra 初级小学 chūjíxiǎoxué, [初級小學], lower elementary school/abbr. to 初小 初设 chūshè, [初設], first founded 初试身手 chūshìshēnshǒu, [初試身手], to have a try/to try one's hand/initial foray 初露 chūlù, first sign (of budding talent) 初露头角 chūlùtóujiǎo, [初露頭角], lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent/fir... 初露才华 chūlùcáihuá, [初露才華], first sign of budding talent/to display one's ability for the first time 华灯初上 huádēngchūshàng, [華燈初上], early evening when lanterns are first lit 和好如初 héhǎorúchū, to bury the hatchet/to become reconciled 唐初四大家 TángchūSìDàjiā, Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang/refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[Yú Shì nán], Ouya... 太初 tàichū, the absolute beginning 如初 rúchū, as before/as ever 完好如初 wánhǎorúchū, intact/untouched/as good as before 年代初 niándàichū, beginning of an age/beginning of a decade 开初 kāichū, [開初], at the outset/at first/early 张静初 ZhāngJìngchū, [張靜初], Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress 往初 wǎngchū, (literary) former times/in olden days 情窦初开 qíngdòuchūkāi, [情竇初開], first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom) 既有今日何必当初 jìyǒujīnrìhébìdāngchū, [既有今日何必當初], see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū] 早知今日何必当初 zǎozhījīnrìhébìdāngchū, [早知今日何必當初], if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) woul... 明初 Míngchū, the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century) 明末清初 MíngmòQīngchū, late Ming and early Qing/around the middle of the 17th century 易初莲花 YìchūLiánhuā, [易初蓮花], Lotus (department store chain) 本初子午线 běnchūzǐwǔxiàn, [本初子午線], the first meridian/the prime meridian 格林尼治本初子午线 Gélínnízhìběnchūzǐwǔxiàn, [格林尼治本初子午線], the Greenwich meridian 正月初一 zhēngyuèchūyī, New Year's Day in the lunar calendar 汉末魏初 HànmòWèichū, [漢末魏初], late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) 清末民初 QīngmòMínchū, the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911 躲过初一，躲不过十五 duǒguòchūyī,duǒbùguòshíwǔ, [躲過初一，躲不過十五], see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ] 阿初佛 Āchūfó, erroneous variant of 阿閦佛, Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise,... 靡不有初，鲜克有终 mǐbùyǒuchū,xiǎnkèyǒuzhōng, [靡不有初，鮮克有終], almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); 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