本 末 běn mò : the whole course of an event from beginning to end; ins and outs; the fundamental and the incidental

初 chū : at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

Big5: , Unicode: 521d (初),
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初 期 chū qī : initial stage; beginning period

初 學 者 chū xué zhē : beginning student

紀 元 jì yuán : beginning of an era

開 端 kāi duān : start; beginning

開 始 kāi shǐ : begin; beginning; start; initial

開 始 以 前 kāi shǐ yǐ qián : before the beginning (of sth)

開 頭 kāi tóu : beginning

年 初 nián chū : beginning of the year

年 代 初 nián dài chū : beginning of an age; beginning of a decade

起 來 qǐ lai : beginning or continuing an action; upward movement; stand up

朔 shuò : beginning; first day of lunar month

Big5: , Unicode: 6714 (朔),
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緒 [绪] «緖» xù : beginnings; clues; mental state; thread

Big5: , Unicode: 7dd2 (緒),
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一 直 yì zhí : continuously; always; from the beginning of ... up to ...; all along

有 史 以 來 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái : since the beginning of history