当初

當初

dāng chū

HSK 3freq #2878

Meanings

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dāng chū

1.at that time
2.originally

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Wiktionary

1.originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place
2.previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past

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Stroke order

Components

当⺌彐

初衤刀

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Characters

Example sentences

我当初要是买音乐会的票就好了。
I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.
要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.

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Derived terms

既有今日，何必當初既有今日，何必当初早知今日，何必當初 / 早知今日，何必当初

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Related words

悔不当初 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)早知今日何必当初 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)既有今日何必当初 see 早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]