开局

Traditional form:

開局

Pinyin (reading):

kāijú

Definitions:

• opening (chess etc)
• early stage of game, match, work, activity etc

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation