当初

Traditional form:

當初

Pinyin (reading):

dāngchū

Definitions:

• at that time
• originally

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 初 - beginning, initial, primary

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 初 - beginning, initial, primary