Dictionary1 – SMART CHINESE TEACHER

MEANING/意义

一开始

EXAMPLES/列句

一开始我们落后，但最后扳成平局。

yì kāi shí wǒ men luò hòu ，dàn zuì hòu bān chéng píng jú .

At the beginning we were lost behind，but we equalized the score at last.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	一	yī	one，1; same; whole; whole-hearted
2.	开始	kāi shǐ	start，begin; beginning
3.	我们	wǒ men	we，us
4.	落后	luò hòu	fall behind，lag behind
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他一开始只是炊事员，但现在已经成为饭店经理了。

tā yì kāi shí zhǐ shì chuī shì yuán ，dàn xiàn zài yǐ jīng chéng wéi fàn diàn jīng lǐ le .

At the beginning he was only a cook，but now he is the hotel manager.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	他	tā	he，him; another，other; everyone; meaningless mock object
2.	一	yī	one，1; same; whole; whole-hearted
3.	开始	kāi shǐ	start，begin; beginning
4.	只是	zhǐ shì	merely，just; however，but then
5.	炊事员	chuī shì yuán	cafeteria worker，cook
6.	但	dàn	but
7.	现在	xiàn zài	now
8.	已经	yǐ jīng	already
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COMBINATIONS/组合

一开始就

yì kāi shǐ jiù

... ever since the beginning; as soon as it begins，...; as early as the beginning，...