"Outset" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 伊始 | yī shǐ | outset / beginning |   |
| 起初 | qǐ chū | originally / at first / at the outset | |
| 开宗明义 | kāi zōng míng yì | to declare at the outset (idiom) | |
| 始料未及 | shǐ liào wèi jí | not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events | |
| 自始 | zì shǐ | from the outset / ab initio | |
| 开初 | kāi chū | at the outset / at first / early | |
| 鲲鹏展翅 | kūn péng zhǎn chì | lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly / displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset / to have the world at one's feet | |
| 破题 | pò tí | writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题[mao4 ti2] | |
