开 启

kāiqǐ

“To start” in Chinese is 开启 (kāiqǐ).

Meaning

to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)
(computing) to enable (a feature)
(of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate

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to open (sth that has been sealed)

Example

望远镜为我们的文明开启了一种全新的视角来观察宇宙。

The telescope has opened a new eye onto the cosmos that has been transformative for our civilization.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kāiHSK 14 strokesto open (transitive or intransitive)qǐHSK 57 strokesQi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

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