开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; Classifiers: 个 | |
始终 | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end; all along | |
原始 | yuán shǐ | first; original; primitive; original (document etc) | |
伊始 | yī shǐ | outset; beginning | |
创始人 | chuàng shǐ rén | creator; founder; initiator |
1 | I'm a republican, so I believe the monarchy is an outdated, parasitic institution to begin with, and that we should have a separately elected president as our head of state. | |
2 | In many lower-tier cities, the housing market started to take off when local governments began building satellite cities to host new businesses downtowns could not absorb. | |
3 | The social revolution in nation-building started in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), resulting in political independence and sovereignty. | |
4 | Those born since inequality started to rise sharply are only just now becoming adults. | |
5 | In 1564, France 's first new reform law -- Gerry Calendar Li (ie, the current generic sun). to January 1 as the start of a new year. |