太始
tài​shǐ

absolute beginning

  • created sense approved 太始 · tài​shǐ · Taishi era — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太始

    tài​shǐ

    Taishi era

    an era name used by several different emperors during the Han, Jin, and Northern Liang dynasties

    太 (literal) → 太 · tài · [senior/supreme] 始 (literal) → 始 · shǐ · to begin

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  • created sense approved 太始 · tài​shǐ · absolute beginning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太始

    tài​shǐ

    absolute beginning

    the cosmic beginning of all things; the period when tangible matter first began to form in Chinese cosmogony

    太 (literal) → 太 · tài · [remote past] 始 (literal) → 始 · shǐ · beginning

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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