当初 (當初) dāngchū
dāngchū
noun
at that time; originally
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Time
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '當初'; Guoyu '當初')
Contained in
- 早知今日，悔不当初(早知今日，悔不當初) It is too late to ever say, “If only I had known.”
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
- Scroll 9 Ratnameghasūtra (Chu Gai Zhang Pusa Suo Wen Jing) 佛說除蓋障菩薩所問經 — count: 4
- Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 8 Ratnameghasūtra (Chu Gai Zhang Pusa Suo Wen Jing) 佛說除蓋障菩薩所問經 — count: 3
- Scroll 1 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 20 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 3
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 2 Ji Zhu Jing Li Chan Yi 集諸經禮懺儀 — count: 2
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Meaning of the Bodhisattva Precepts 菩薩戒義疏 — count: 2
- Scroll 1 Outline of the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna 大乘起信論內義略探記 — count: 2
Collocations
- 不慎当初 (不慎當初) 不慎當初 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 9
- 当初生 (當初生) 當初生時三返微笑 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 46 — count: 6
- 当初地 (當初地) 此當初地 — Jingang Jing Zuan Yao Kan Ding Ji 金剛經纂要刊定記, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 当初夜 (當初夜) 我當初夜說法之時 — Bodhisattvabuddhānusmṛtisamādhi (Dafangdeng Da Ji Jing Pusa Nian Fo Sanmei Fen) 大方等大集經菩薩念佛三昧分, Scroll 3 — count: 5
- 当初一 (當初一) 但當初一 — Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記, Scroll 20 — count: 4
- 当初悔 (當初悔) 噫我當初悔不向他道末後句 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 6 — count: 4
- 义当初 (義當初) 此所論理法為義義當初門 — Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記, Scroll 4 — count: 4
- 当初发心 (當初發心) 當初發心 — Great Might Arrived Bodhisattva’s Thinking-of-Buddhas as the Perfect Passage (Da Fo Ding Rulai Mi Yin Xiu Zheng Liaoyi Zhu Pusa Wan Xing Shou Leng Yan Jing) 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 当初二 (當初二) 此當初二兩意 — Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu Chui Yu Ji 維摩經略疏垂裕記, Scroll 10 — count: 3
- 当初行脚 (當初行腳) 我當初行脚時 — Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 3