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Mandarin
qi3
English
Definitions
to open; to start; begin
Etymology
Notes
(the analects) Shu Er: The Master said, I do not open up the truth to one who is not eager to get knowledge, nor help out any one who is not anxious to explain himself. When I have presented one corner of a subject to any one, and he cannot from it learn the other three, I do not repeat my lesson.