<p>short answer is, you can treat the 以 as &quot;as&quot; in you translation</p>

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2023-07-10T01:50:15.860Z
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Havier
<p>以 - with; to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by.</p>
<p>Note that, 以 can be replaced by 用, which means use, employ, apply, and operate.</p>
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<li>她16岁就开始以模特儿身份出道了。= 她16岁就开始出道了 - 以模特儿身份。</li>
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<p>My thinking is that &quot;She already was a model when she entered her current line of work/career (acting/singing, say)&quot;.</p>

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<p>她16岁就开始以模特儿身份出道了。</p>
<p>She started her career as a model at the age of 16</p>
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<p>I guess 就 here is used to emphasize the earliness of the start of the career.</p>
<p>I want to know the meaning and the role of 以 which is used inside the original sentence.</p>

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Meaning of 以 which is used inside 她16岁就开始以模特儿身份出道了。
# Meaning of 以 which is used inside 她16岁就开始以模特儿身份出道了。

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-10)

> 她16岁就开始以模特儿身份出道了。
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> She started her career as a model at the age of 16

I guess 就 here is used to emphasize the earliness of the start of the career.

I want to know the meaning and the role of 以 which is used inside the original sentence.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-07-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

short answer is, you can treat the 以 as "as" in you translation


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-07-10. Score: 0

以 - with; to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by.

Note that, 以 can be replaced by 用, which means use, employ, apply, and operate.

* 她16岁就开始以模特儿身份出道了。= 她16岁就开始出道了 - 以模特儿身份。

My thinking is that "She already was a model when she entered her current line of work/career (acting/singing, say)".


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