一开始 yīkāishǐ from the beginning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: at first All meanings 13 yīkāishǐ 13 from the beginning 12at first 1 1 sentence for 一开始 (yīkāishǐ — at first) 他们一开始是来请求资金援助的。 tāmen yīkāishǐ shì lái qǐngqiú zījīn yuánzhù de. At first, they asked for financial support. Source: OpenSubtitles