如初

rúchū
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 as at the beginning
  2. 2 as before; unchanged

Examples

HSK 5
Yǔ tíng le, húmiàn yòu píngjìng rúchū.
The rain stopped, and the lake was as calm as before.
HSK 5
Fēnkāi duō nián, tāmen de gǎnqíng yīrán rúchū.
After years apart, their feelings for each other are just as they were at the start.

Tips

usage
如初 follows a verb or adjective to say a state is back to what it was: 和好如初 'reconciled as if nothing had happened', 完好如初 'as good as new', 一切如初 'everything as it was'. Close to 如故 'as before'.

Stroke Order

如 rú
初 chū