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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
當初 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
當初 =
ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ · dāngchū
noun/adverb — back then, at the start (of a past matter)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

at (that time) (當時)dāng
beginning (初次)chū
當初,當時的當,初次的初。