当初

当初 [dāng chū]

1. ■ （开始时） at the beginning; originally; at the outset; in the first place:

当初打算在这儿盖一座大楼。 It was originally planned to put up a big building here.

当初你就不该这么做。 You should never have acted the way you did in the first place.

早知今日， 何必当初? If I had known it would come to this, I would have acted differently.

你当初是怎么跟我说的? What did you tell me, eh?

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常用词组

1. ■ （从前） formerly; in the past; at that time:

当初这里是一片废墟。 Formerly [In the past] the place was a heap of ruins.