开端
kāi duān
Pinyin

Definition

开端
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kāi duān
  1. start
  2. beginning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
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
jí duān
  1. 1 extreme
duān zhèng
  1. 1 upright
  2. 2 regular
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 correct
duān zhuāng
  1. 1 dignified
  2. 2 composed
zhōng duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 terminal
kāi duān
  1. 1 start
  2. 2 beginning
yún duān
  1. 1 fig. high in the clouds
  2. 2 (in the) cloud (computing)
gāo duān
  1. 1 high-end
yī guō duān
  1. 1 see 連鍋端|连锅端 [lián guō duān]
bù duān
  1. 1 improper
  2. 2 dishonorable
shì duān
  1. 1 disturbance
  2. 2 incident
dī duān
  1. 1 low-end
qián duān
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 front end
  3. 3 forward part of sth
běi duān
  1. 1 northern extremity
nán duān
  1. 1 southern end or extremity
bào duān
  1. 1 in the newspaper(s)
duō duān
  1. 1 multifarious
  2. 2 multifold
  3. 3 many and varied
  4. 4 multiport
  5. 5 multistation
  6. 6 multiterminal
hǎo duān duān
  1. 1 perfectly all right
  2. 2 without rhyme or reason
jiān duān
  1. 1 sharp pointed end
  2. 2 the tip
  3. 3 the cusp
  4. 4 tip-top
  5. 5 most advanced and sophisticated
  6. 6 highest peak
  7. 7 the best

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
鬼计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
  2. 2 sly
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 malicious

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.