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当初

dāng chū

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 當初

What 当初 means

1. at that time
2. originally

The characters in 当初

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…

Example sentences

• 我当初要是买音乐会的票就好了。
  Wǒ dāngchū yàoshi mǎi yīnyuèhuì de piào jiù hǎo le.
  I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.
• 汤姆说我当初应该去找玛丽帮我。
  Tom said that I should've asked Mary for help.
• 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.

Words containing 当初

• 悔不当初huǐ bù dāng chūto regret one's past deeds (idiom)
• 早知今日何必当初zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chūif I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not…
• 既有今日何必当初jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chūsee 早知今日何必当初