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开头 (開頭)
  • [kāitóu]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

开头 [kāitóu]
  1. 1. verb begin
  2. 2. noun beginning

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

开头 [kāitóu]
  1. 1. begin; start
    请你先开个头儿。
    Would you make a start?
    我们的学习刚开头
    We've only just begun our study.
  2. 2. beginning; start;opening
    你从一开头就错了。
    You've been wrong from the start.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

开头 [kāitóu]
  1. 1. 开始发生或出现
    好日子才开头
  2. 2. 开始的时候或阶段
    开头他并不同意。口语中也说开头儿(tóur)。

Examples

开头她吓坏了,后来才定下神来。
At first she was terrified, then she pulled herself together.
你从一开头就错了。
You've been wrong from the start.
每段开头要空两格。
Leave two blank spaces at the beginning of each paragraph.
信件开头的称呼一定要顶格写。
The receivers name at the beginning of a letter must be written without any left margin on the paper.
通常戏的开头都会有几句定场白。
Generally, operas start with a soliloquy of an actor introducing himself on his first appearance.
导演在这部悬疑电影的开头就埋下了伏线。
The director started laying down the suspense at the beginning of this thrilling movie.
开头比起来,这篇文章的尾部写得更加精彩。
The ending of this article outshines the beginning.
这篇文章最后一个自然段与开头相呼应。
The last paragraph of this works in concert with the opening paragraph.
文章的开头和结尾写得都很出彩。

Collocations

开头
just opened
开头几天
the first few days
开头
when beginning
开头第一句
the opening sentence
开头部分
the initial part
开头提到
to mention initially
文章开头
the beginning of an article
好的开头
a good beginning
回到开头
to come back to the beginning

Word Decomposition


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