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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
初中 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
初中 ＝ 初 ＋ 中
ㄔㄨ ㄓㄨㄥ · chūzhōng
noun — junior high school, lower middle school

字源 FORM — what the parts do

初the start, the early part (起初)chū
中middle (school) (中學)zhōng
初中，起初的初，中學的中。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

中（中）學的頭一段，最初（初）的三年。
The first (初) stretch of middle school (中) — the early three years.
關 · Related
中學zhōngxuéthe same 中, secondary school高中gāozhōngthe same 中, senior high — the later half