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Mandarin · pinyin yuán diǎn

starting point
square one
(coordinate geometry) origin

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原: yuán · source, origin, beginning
點: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
点: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree

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2–3 · yuan2 dian3

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noun

(mathematics) origin (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
(figurative) the state one was in before; origin

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