最初

zuì chū de jì huà yǐ jīng shī bài le

最初的计划已经失败了。

The original plan was failed.

nǐ hái jì de zuì chū de fāng àn ma

你还记得最初的方案吗？

Do you remember the original plan?

wǒ zuì chū rèn shi tā shì zài shàng zhōng xué de shí hou

我最初认识他是在上中学的时候。

I first got to know him in my middle school days.

zuì chū de yìn xiàng

最初的印象

first impressions

zuì chū de zhēng xiàng

最初的征象

first sign

nà lǐ zuì chū hái shì bù máo zhī dì

那里最初还是不毛之地。

That place used to be a stretch of barren field years ago.

zuì chū de jiē duàn

最初的阶段

the initial stage

tā men zuì chū huái yǒu de shēn qiè tóng qíng jiàn jiàn de xiāo shī le

他们最初怀有的深切同情渐渐地消失了。

Their initial gush of sympathy gradually dried up.