当初

dāng chū

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Noun Common

Definitions

1. at that time
2. originally

Words Containing 当初

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

Child Words of 当初

• 初 初 chū: at first
• 当 当 dāng: (onom.) dong
• 当 当 dàng: at or in the very same...