| 释义 |
始shǐⅠ ❶ (最初； 起头) beginning; start: 自 ～ 至终 from beginning to end; from start to finish; ～ 而不解， 继而恍然。 At first I didn't catch on, then I suddenly saw the light.
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 成 Shi Cheng Ⅱ （开始） start; begin: 不知 ～ 于何时 not know exactly when this came into being; 千里之行， ～ 于足下。 A thousand-li journey begins with the first step. 它 ～ 于二月， 一直延续至八月或九月。 It begins in [with] February, running on to August or September. Ⅲ [书] （才） only then; not ... until: 坚持学习， ～ 能不断进步。 Steady progress can only be the result of persistent study.; Only persistent study yields steady progress. 群众大会结束后， 广场 ～ 能通行。 Traffic cannot pass through the square until the mass meeting is over.
◆ 始点 initial point；
始发港 {交} port of departure；
始发站 starting station; station of departure；
始寒武 {地} Eocambrian；
始乱终弃 First he abused her and in the end he gave her up.; have illicit intercourse at the beginning and desert her at the end; forsake after having dallied with; discard (kick away) after having made use of；
始末 beginning and end; whole story；
始新世 {地} Eocene epoch；
始业 the beginning of the school year；
始终 from beginning to end; from start to finish; all along; throughout；
始终不懈[怠] no relaxation during the time of; unremitting; untiring；
始终不渝 always to persist firmly in; unswerving; consistent; steadfast；
始终如一 be consistent from beginning to end; be always the same from first to last; be similar throughout; have remained the same all along; persist unswervingly; stick on from first to last；
始祖 first ancestor; earliest ancestor；
始作俑者 the initiator of evil; creator of a bad precedent |