当初 當初

我当初要是买音乐会的票就好了。

wǒ dāng chū yào shi mǎi yīn yuè huì de piào jiù hǎo le。

I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.

要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。

yào bu shì dāng chū yǒu nèi zhàn， tā men xiàn zài yīng gāi tǐng fù yù le。

If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.