出 发 点

chūfādiǎn

“Starting point” in Chinese is 出发点 (chūfādiǎn).

Meaning

starting point
(fig.) basis; motive

Example

你必须有一个出发点。

You have to start somewhere.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

chūHSK 15 strokesto go out; to come out fāHSK 25 strokesto send out diǎnHSK 19 strokesto touch briefly; to tap

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