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junior high school
junior
initial stage
beginning of the year
first
initial
elementary
at that time
originally
original intention
first day of lunar month
early years
Notice where 初 sits in each complete thought.
I'm not a junior high school student.
Source: Tatoeba #891746 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe is not the man that he was when I first knew him.
Source: Tatoeba #1397136 · CC BY 2.0 FRI wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.
Source: Tatoeba #4267327 · CC BY 2.0 FRAt first, I thought he was your brother.
Source: Tatoeba #1450166 · CC BY 2.0 FRThat wasn't what I intended.
Source: Tatoeba #501393 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe original qipao was wide and loose.
Source: Tatoeba #727992 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.