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开端

kāi duān

2-character word Traditional 開端

What 开端 means

1. start
2. beginning

The characters in 开端

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 端duān(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper

Example sentences

• 宇宙何以开端？
  What is the origin of the universe?
• 这是一个好的开端。
  Zhè shì yī gè hǎo de kāiduān.
  It's a good start.
• 为何如何？你疑问的当下就是科学的开端。
  Wèihé rúhé? nǐ yíwèn de dāngxià jiùshì kēxué de kāiduān.
  Science begins when you ask why and how.