开 始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4] 出 发 to set off / to start (on a journey) 发 动 fā dòng to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse 开 to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format 启 动 qǐ dòng to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan) 开 启 kāi qǐ to open / to start / (computing) to enable 发 起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) 下 手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest 开 创 kāi chuàng to initiate / to start / to found 开 头 kāi tóu beginning / to start 开 办 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up 开 场 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event 动 工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) 始 发 shǐ fā (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating 开 动 kāi dòng to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating) 进 发 jìn fā to set out / to start 起 跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 引 燃 yǐn rán to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) 起 to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group 始 to begin / to start / then / only then 肇 始 zhào shǐ to initiate / to start / the start 兴 to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) 创 to begin / to initiate / to inaugurate / to start / to create 启 to open / to start / to initiate / to enlighten or awaken / to state / to inform 燃 to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) 起 头 qǐ tóu to start / at first / beginning
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