权舆

權輿
quányú
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig). to begin
  3. beginning

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to sprout; to germinate
  2. (literary) to start; to begin
  3. to sprout; to germinate
  4. to start; to begin

Wiktionary

  1. 萌芽。
  2. 比喻开始。
  3. 《诗经．秦风》的篇名。共二章。根据〈诗序〉：「权舆，刺康公也。」或以为自叹始受君主优礼而终被凉薄之诗。首章二句为：「于我乎夏屋渠渠，今也每食无馀。」

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 权 quán
  1. authority
  2. power
  3. right
  4. (literary) to weigh
  5. expedient
  6. temporary
2 舆 yú
  1. (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪 kān)
  2. (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory
  3. (literary) carriage
  4. (literary) sedan chair; palanquin
  5. (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public

Related entries

出苗 chūmiáo
  1. to sprout
  2. to come out (of seedling)
  3. to bud
滋芽 zīyá
  1. (dialect) to sprout
  2. to germinate
萌动 méngdòng
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig.) to emerge
萌发 méngfā
  1. to sprout
  2. to shoot
  3. to bud
长出 zhǎngchū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
錢不會從樹上長出來。

Money does not grow on trees.

Source: Tatoeba

茁 zhuó
  1. to display vigorous, new growth
  2. to sprout
朔 shuò
  1. beginning
  2. first day of lunar month
  3. north
开头 kāitóu
  1. beginning
  2. to start
從第十課的開頭讀起。

Read Lesson 10 from the beginning.

Source: Tatoeba

开首 kāishǒu
  1. beginning
  2. start
  3. opening
  4. in the beginning
  5. to start
  6. to open
伊始 yīshǐ
  1. outset
  2. beginning
初 chū
  1. at first
  2. (at the) beginning
  3. first
  4. junior
  5. basic
她大病初愈。

She recovered from her long illness.

Source: Tatoeba

开始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier: 個

開始搜尋。

Begin searching.

Start searching.

Source: Tatoeba

开端 kāiduān
  1. start
  2. beginning
发轫 fārèn
  1. to set (sth) afoot
  2. to initiate
  3. beginning
  4. origin
  5. commencement
起头 qǐtóu
  1. to start
  2. at first
  3. beginning