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當初

dāng chū

A2 Level 4* ★ Core word
Noun

當初 (dāng chū) is a Chinese word meaning “at that time”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4* (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. at that time
  2. originally

Stroke order

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Example

當初我沒想到事情會這樣。

At first I didn't think things would turn out this way.

Related words at this level

大約待會代名詞單純當地當年當天到達

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).