从零开始 cónglíngkāishǐ to start from scratch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 从 從 cóng preposition from Introduces the starting point of a movement, time, or range; from; since零 líng numeral zero the number zero; naught; nil; null开始 開始 kāishǐ verb to start to begin or start an action, process, or event