zhào​jī

to lay the foundation

  • created sense approved 肇基 · zhào​jī · to lay the foundation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肇基

    zhào​jī

    to lay the foundation

    (literary) to lay the foundation for a long-term undertaking; to pave the way for an enterprise

    肇 (literal) → 肇 · zhào · to start 基 (literal) → 基 · jī · fundamental

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

    created sense