出发点

HSK 7-9

chūfādiǎn

starting point; initial intention

(fig.) basis; motive

我们从出发点开始讨论这个问题。

Wǒmen cóng chūfādiǎn kāishǐ tǎolùn zhègè wèntí.

We started our discussion on this issue from the starting point.

他的想法是出发点，然后我们再看结果。

Tā de xiǎngfǎ shì chūfādiǎn, ránhòu wǒmen zài kàn jièsuǒ.

His idea was the starting point, and then we looked at the results.