애당초 + regret/negative: 애당초 하지 말걸
from the very start, in the first place
Example
애당초 그런 약속은 하지 말았어야 했어요.
I shouldn't have made that promise in the first place.
Word parts
당 at, this+초 beginning
An emphatic form of 당초 'the outset'.
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애당초 + regret/negative: 애당초 하지 말걸
from the very start, in the first place
Example
애당초 그런 약속은 하지 말았어야 했어요.
I shouldn't have made that promise in the first place.
Word parts
An emphatic form of 당초 'the outset'.