first sign (of budding talent)
1. initial2. original3. originally4. at first+1 条 the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小学生升入初中生[xiǎo xué shēng shēng rù chū zhōng shēng])
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
1. lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent2. first sign of emerging talent3. budding genius
1. to bury the hatchet2. to become reconciled
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
1. late Ming and early Qing2. around the middle of the 17th century
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
early evening when lanterns are first lit
1. the first meridian2. the prime meridian
初生之犊不畏虎 初生之犢不畏虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ 1. lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)2. fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎 初生牛犢不怕虎 chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ 1. lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)2. fig. the young are fearless
to make a preliminary estimate
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
1. (literary) former times2. in olden days
1. at the outset2. at first3. early
Ling Mengchu (1580–1644), Ming dynasty short story writer and playwright
1. beginning of an age2. beginning of a decade
1. late Yuan and early Ming2. mid 14th century
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[wáng bó], Yang Jiong 杨炯[yáng jiǒng], Lu Zhaolin 卢照邻[lú zhào lín], and Luo Binwang 骆宾王[luò bīn wáng]
1. to have a try2. to try one's hand3. initial foray
1. first sign of budding talent2. to display one's ability for the first time
1. intact2. untouched3. as good as before
Lotus (department store chain)
the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
1. Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang2. refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[yú shì nán], Ouyang Xun 欧阳询[ōu yáng xún], Chu Suiliang 褚遂良[chǔ suì liáng] and Xue Ji 薛稷[xuē jì]
初刻拍案惊奇 初刻拍案驚奇 chū kè pāi àn jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初[líng méng chū]
人之初，性本善 rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字经[sān zì jīng])
早知今日何必当初 早知今日何必當初 zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū 1. if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)2. to regret vainly one's past behavior
格林尼治本初子午线 格林尼治本初子午線 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the Greenwich meridian
靡不有初，鲜克有终 靡不有初，鮮克有終 mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
躲得过初一，躲不过十五 躲得過初一，躲不過十五 duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ 1. lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)2. fig. you can't put it off forever3. sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
初生之犊不怕虎 初生之犢不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ see 初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]
既有今日何必当初 既有今日何必當初 jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chū see 早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]
躲过初一，躲不过十五 躲過初一，躲不過十五 duǒ guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ see 躲得過初一，躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)