The Chinese word **开学 (kāixué)**, meaning "to start a new school term" or "school begins," is a compound formed through a verb-object grammatical structure. The first character, **开 (kāi)**, is a verb meaning "to open" or "to start," while the second character, **学 (xué)**, is a noun meaning "study" or "learning." When combined, the literal sense is "to open study," which conceptually extends to the commencement of the academic period, where the school or classes figuratively "open" for the resumption of learning activities.