起家 qǐjiā start career Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: start career All meanings 2 qǐjiā 2 start career 1start enterprise 1 1 sentence for 起家 (qǐjiā — start career) 这位政治家是从基层起家的。 zhè wèi zhèngzhìjiā shì cóng jīcéng qǐjiā de. This politician started his career at the grassroots level. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary