kāi​gōng HSK7

begin construction

开工 (開工) kāi​gōng
begin construction verb
to start a building project or engineering operation

Since the funding is in place, construction on this highway will officially begin tomorrow.

start production verb
to begin work or production in a factory or industrial plant

The raw materials have arrived, so the factory can officially start operations next week.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
9.30 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
25.3 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
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