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  1. originally; at first; at the outset

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  • 起 (起): to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
  • 初 (初): at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

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起初誰也不相信我。

我們的電腦系統起初出了點問題,不過現在已經修理好了。

起初,神創造了天地。

我起初不喜欢他了,可是现在喜欢。

我起初覺得廣播體操很無聊,但是現在卻喜歡上了。

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