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起步
Traditional Chinese
起步
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
qǐ bù
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
hei2 bou6
Short definition to set out
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions the start (of some activity)MDBG icon / to begin to moveAdso icon / to set in motionMDBG icon / to set outMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to begin to move
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
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Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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我们( men) us
(huìkuài) will
遭遇(zāo yù) to suffer
挫折(cuò zhé) check
(hé) with
不成功(bù chéng gōng) unsuccessful
(dedì) of
起步(qǐ bù) to set out
(wǒ) I
作为(zuò wéi) qua
总统(zǒng tǒng) President
(suǒ) place
做的(zuòde)
每项(měixiàng)
决定(jué dìng) decision
(huò) or
政策(zhèng cè) policy
会有(huìyǒu)
许多人( xǔ duō rén)
持有异议 ,
我们( men) us
(yě) too
知道(zhī dào) to know
政府(zhèng fǔ) government
不能解决(bù néng jiě jué) insolubility
所有(suǒ yǒu) to own
问题(wèn tí) issue

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.

我们的(wǒmende) our
乐队(yuè duì) band
(gāng) recent
起步(qǐ bù) to set out
(shí) when
只能(zhǐ néng) can only
(zhǎo) to seek
小城市
(lǐ) village
(dedì) of
(xiǎo) few
俱乐部(jù lè bù) club (i.e. a group or organization) (loanword)
(gù) to rent
我们( men) us

When we started out, our band could only find small clubs in small cities that would hire us.

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