当初

dāng chū

HSK 6 noun

Meaning 释义

at that time
originally

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In real sentences 真实例句

早知zǎozhī今日jīnrì，何必hébì当初dāngchū。

Why do it now when you knew it would be like this?

Tatoeba #875349

我wǒ当初dāngchū要是yàoshi买mǎi音乐会yīnyuèhuì的de票piào就jiù好hǎo了le。

I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.

Tatoeba #4267327

汤姆Tāngmǔ说shuō我wǒ当初dāngchū应该yīnggāi去qù找zhǎo玛丽Mǎlì帮bāng我wǒ。

Tom said that I should've asked Mary for help.

Tatoeba #13750269

要不是yàobushì当初dāngchū有yǒu内战nèizhàn，他们tāmen现在xiànzài应该yīnggāi挺tǐng富裕fùyù了le。

If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.

Tatoeba #4459718

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打 dǎ HSK 2 当 dāng HSK 4 当然 dāng rán HSK 3 打电话 dǎ diàn huà HSK 1 结束 jié shù HSK 3 抓 zhuā HSK 5 打算 dǎ suàn HSK 3 结果 jiē guǒ HSK 4

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