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origin; begin; start

fā duān

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v.origin; begin; start
- lěng zhàn de fā duān
  冷战的发端
  inception of the Cold War
- zhè gè xié huì shì yǐ tǎo lùn xiǎo zǔ de xíng shì fā duān de
  这个协会是以讨论小组的形式发端的。
  The society had its early beginnings in discussion groups.
synonym
kāi shǐ开始 kāi duān开端 qǐ tóu起头 kāi chū开初 qǐ shǒu起首 fā rèn发轫 kāi shǒu开首 zhào duān肇端
antonym
jié jú结局 zhōng zhǐ终止 jié wěi结尾 mò wěi末尾 zhōng jú终局

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