開頭 (hoi1 tau4 | kai1 tou2) : originally; beginning; begin

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開頭

hoi1 tau4

kai1 tou2

[1] [粵] [adv] originally; intially; at first | syn. 先頭, 初頭 | [華] 起先, 起初, 起首
[2] [n] beginning; opening; start
[3] [v] begin; commence; make a start

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

開頭 / 开头

This word has been viewed 2461 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 29th Jul 2005 03:01 and last edited on 29th Jul 2012 02:47

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開 hoi1 - open
頭 tau4 - head; first; chief

1 compounds containing this word:

萬事開頭難 - everything is difficult in its beginning stages

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呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]

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