从头 (cóng tóu) — from the beginning; all over again; anew
Definition
从头 emphasizes starting over from the very beginning. It pairs naturally with 从头到尾 ('from start to finish') and is more 'from scratch' than 重新 ('again / in a new way').
adverb
from the beginningall over againanew
Examples
- 从头。Zhè piān lùn wén xū yào cóng tóu xiě yí biàn.This paper needs to be written again from scratch.
- 。Tā cóng tóu dào wěi dú wán le nà běn xiǎo shuō.He read that novel from beginning to end.
- ，从头。Rú guǒ nǐ xiǎng xué hǎo, zuì hǎo cóng tóu kāi shǐ.If you want to learn well, you'd better start from the beginning.
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