肇始 zhàoshǐ beginning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (2) All meanings 1 zhàoshǐ beginning initiate 1 sentence 这种习俗肇始于清朝初期。 zhè zhǒng xísú zhào shǐ yú Qīngcháo chūqī. This custom originated in the early Qing Dynasty. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary