當初

当

當

da̅ng

初

chu̅

at that time / originally

Characters and words in 當初

当

當

da̅ng = d + ang1

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

Add a new mnemonic for 当 = 小 + 彐

Add a new mnemonic for 當 = 尚 + 田

当 = 小 + 彐 : This character looks like an angry pitbull. 小 forms the eyes and maybe nose, and 彐 are the dangerous teeth.

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当 = 小 + 彐 : Don Quixote opposes a dangerous pit bull in front of the anglepod, and he tries to calm him down with a daisy.

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当

當

dàng = d + ang4

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)

Add a new mnemonic for 当 = 小 + 彐

Add a new mnemonic for 當 = 尚 + 田

初

chu̅ = chu + Ø1

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

Add a new mnemonic for 初 = 刀 + 衤

初 = 刀 + 衤 : Back in the days when Chantal Chicken first arrived at the space station as the first junior scientist, she tried really hard to make a good first impression and put on a royal ermine coat. Just to be save she hid a cleaver behind her back just in case she wouldn't be received well.

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