created sense approved 发语辞/發語辭 · fāyǔcí · [introductory] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
发语辞 / 發語辭
fāyǔcí
[introductory]
(literary) an introductory word or phrase that comes at the beginning of a sentence; often serves a functional rather than semantic role
发 (literal) → 发/發 · fā · to set out 语辞 (literal) → 语辞/語辭 · yǔcí · function word
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition