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肇始

zhào shǐ

2-character word

What 肇始 means

to initiate
to start
the start

The characters in 肇始

肇zhàoat first; devise; originate
始shǐto begin; to start; then

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The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhào shǐ correctly.
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