No. 735 in Chinese
當時
"At that time" or "then."
In a sentence
當時我正在學習中文。
At that time, I was learning Chinese.
Here, "當時" is used to refer to a specific past moment or period when the action of the sentence occurred.
你還記得當時發生了什麼嗎？
Do you still remember what happened back then?
In this sentence, "當時" sets the context as a point in the past under discussion, referencing the time of the relevant events.
我當時以為這件事情很容易。
I thought this matter was easy at that time.
"當時" is employed here to indicate the speaker's belief or perception during a specific past timeframe.
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