当初
Meanings
1. at that time
2. originally
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Examples4
要是 你 当初 努力 学习 的话, 就 可以 通过 测试 了。
If you had studied harder, you would have passed the examination.
我 当初 要是 买 音乐会 的 票 就 好 了。
I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.
汤姆 说 我 当初 应该 去 找 玛丽 帮 我。
Tom said that I should've asked Mary for help.
要不是 当初 有 内战, 他们 现在 应该 挺 富裕 了。
If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.