当初 / 當初
dāng chū
Meaning
- at that time
- originally
Example sentences
我当初要是买音乐会的票就好了。
我當初要是買音樂會的票就好了。
wǒ dāng chū yào shì mǎi yīn yuè huì de piào jiù hǎo le。
I should have bought concert tickets back then.
汤姆说我当初应该去找玛丽帮我。
湯姆說我當初應該去找瑪麗幫我。
tāng mǔ shuō wǒ dāng chū yīng gāi qù zhǎo mǎ lì bāng wǒ。
Tom said I should have asked Mary for help.
要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
要不是當初有內戰，他們現在應該挺富裕了。
yào bú shì dāng chū yǒu nèi zhàn， tā men xiàn zài yīng gāi tǐng fù yù le。
If it weren't for the civil war, they would probably be quite wealthy now.