从头
cóngtóu
from the beginning; all over again
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 既然前提已经被推翻，整个论证只能从头建立。 Jìrán qiántí yǐjīng bèi tuīfān, zhěnggè lùnzhèng zhǐ néng cóngtóu jiànlì. Since the premise has already been overturned, the entire argument can only be rebuilt from the beginning.
- 这首歌太难了，我们从头再练一遍吧。 Zhè shǒu gē tài nán le, wǒmen cóngtóu zài liàn yí biàn ba. This song is too hard; let's practise it once more from the beginning.
- 电脑突然关机了，我只好从头写起。 Diànnǎo tūrán guānjī le, wǒ zhǐhǎo cóngtóu xiě qǐ. The computer suddenly shut down, so I had to start writing from scratch.
Related words
- 从 cóng from
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 从来 cónglái always; ever
- 从前 cóngqián in the past; long ago
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 自从 zìcóng since (from a time)
- 从此 cóngcǐ from then on
- 从而 cóng'ér thereby; as a result
- 从中 cóngzhōng from among them
- 服从 fúcóng to obey
- 从未 cóngwèi never, ever
- 从业 cóngyè to be employed, to work in a profession