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What does 当初 mean?

当初 dāngchū

at the beginning; originally; back then

Its characters

  1. 当 dāng to act as
  2. 初 chū at first

In a sentence

当初我真不该相信他。 I really shouldn't have believed him back then.

十三年后,他终于回到长安,当初出发的一百多人,只剩下两个。

From 丝绸之路是什么? · What was the Silk Road?

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