15 sentences

1. 最初他并不想参加比赛。

   zuì​chū tā bìng bù xiǎng cān​jiā bǐ​sài.

   Initially, he didn't want to enter the competition.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

2. 他最初是个摔跤手。

   tā zuì​chū shì gè shuāi​jiāo​shǒu.

   He was a wrestler first.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

3. 你知道我最初是她的实习生吗？

   nǐ zhī​dào wǒ zuì​chū shì tā de shí​xí​sheng ma?

   Did you know I started out as her intern?

   Source: OpenSubtitles

4. 医生最初将他的症状误诊为流感。

   yī​shēng zuì​chū jiāng tā de zhèng​zhuàng wù​zhěn wéi liú​gǎn.

   The doctor initially misdiagnosed his symptoms as the flu.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

5. 他最初只是一个无名的街头艺人。

   tā zuì​chū zhǐ shì yī gè wú​míng de jiē​tóu yì​rén.

   He started out as just an unknown street performer.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

6. 最初持有这些东西的人是我妈妈。

   zuì​chū chí​yǒu zhè​xiē dōng​xi de rén shì wǒ mā​ma.

   It was my mother who had these objects in her possession first.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

7. 他最初想学医，但后来转而学习法律。

   tā zuì​chū xiǎng xué yī, dàn hòu​lái zhuǎn'ér xué​xí fǎ​lǜ.

   He initially wanted to study medicine but later switched to law.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

8. 最初的生物只是用于侦察和战术用途。

   zuì​chū de shēng​wù zhǐ​shì yòng​yú zhēn​chá hé zhàn​shù yòng​tú.

   The initial creatures were just for reconnaissance and tactical use.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

9. 胡琴最初是由北方的胡人传入中原的。

   hú​qin zuì​chū shì yóu běi​fāng de hú​rén chuán​rù Zhōng​yuán de.

   The huqin was originally introduced to the Central Plains by the Hu people from the north.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

10. 这个汉字最初是象鸟儿的形状而创造出来的。

    zhè​ge hàn​zì zuì​chū shì xiàng niǎo​r de xíng​zhuàng ér chuàng​zào chu​lai de.

    This Chinese character was originally created to resemble the shape of a bird.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

11. 在周代，君子这一称呼最初是指具有高贵地位的统治者。

    zài Zhōu​dài, jūn​zǐ zhè yī chēng​hu zuì​chū shì zhǐ jù​yǒu gāo​guì dì​wèi de tǒng​zhì​zhě.

    During the Zhou Dynasty, the term 'Junzi' originally referred to rulers of noble status.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

12. 这是我最初的想法。

    zhè shì wǒ zuì​chū de xiǎng​fǎ.

    This was my original idea.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

13. 您最初的构思是从哪里来的？

    nín zuì​chū de gòu​sī shì cóng nǎ​lǐ lái de?

    Where did the initial idea come from?

    Source: OpenSubtitles

14. 我生命的最初几个月是个谜。

    wǒ shēng​mìng de zuì​chū jǐ gè yuè shì gè mí.

    The first months of my life were a mystery.

    Source: OpenSubtitles

15. 老师告诉我们，新颖最初的意思是新长出来的芽。

    lǎo​shī gào​su wǒ​men, xīn​yǐng zuì​chū de yì​si shì xīn zhǎng chu​lai de yá.

    The teacher told us that the word 'xinying' (novel) originally meant a newly sprouted bud.

    Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary