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原
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Definitions
- 1. former
- 2. original
- 3. primary
- 4. raw
- 5. level
- 6. cause
- 7. source
Example Sentences
1 shown原 諒她。
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Words Containing 原
Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city 固原市[gù yuán shì], Ningxia
Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan
Qingyuan county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning
a maxim
alluvial plain
the Three Principles (in many contexts)
antiderivative
protonephridium (invertebrate anatomy)
country of origin
Fengyuan or Fongyuan City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
protist
complainant
Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan
model
original meaning
atomic nucleus
Kingdom Monera
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
original path
atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)
first
original source
original
the whole story
Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall)
previous condition
(bird species of China) red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
plateau
Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia
Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[jiā mù sī], Heilongjiang
Yangyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei
Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
allergen
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[shān xī shěng] in central north China
originality
ground zero
raw coal
xanthan
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
atomic theory
authentic taste
original name
originally
(bird species of China) Altai accentor (Prunella himalayana)
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Euratom
Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan
cause
Qingyuan district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi
atomic clock
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
Central Asian grasslands
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
(bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
(bird species of China) tawny pipit (Anthus campestris)
original work (not translation or abridged)
crude oil
Kaiyuan county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
cause of disease
original position
Zhenyuan county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[qìng yáng], Gansu
to restore to the original state
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
prokaryotic (cell)
Guyuan city in Ningxia
plain
manuscript
Euclid's Elements
wasteland
to initially plan to ...; to originally intend to ...
Chlamydia
variational principle (physics)
plasmodium (malaria parasite)
ancestral home (town)
oxygen atom
Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi
original
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom)
Fongyuan or Fengyuan City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
from beginning to end
zymogen
raw material
Journal of Atomic Scientists
fundamental principle
Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
acoustic (musical instrument)
plaintiff and defendant
atom bomb
raw and semifinished materials
collagen (protein)
(bird species of China) calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
original works
atom bomb
to create (sth original)
xanthate
(bird species of China) pallid harrier (Circus macrourus)
principle
carbon atom
(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道[jīng jī dào], South Korea
to mark time (military)
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[zǐ guī xiàn], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
reconstituted milk
pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
original location
Qingyuan Manchu autonomous county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning
subatomic
Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[qìng shàng nán dào], South Korea
original
Urtext edition
grassland
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[shān xī shěng] in central north China
Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道[jīng jī dào], South Korea
virgin olive oil
primitive society
Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫[zhōng wèi], Ningxia
amoeba
to set the record straight
altitude sickness
Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
to preserve the original form
a pathogen
a maxim
protozoan
hydrogen atom
Qingyuan county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning
China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)
Loess Plateau of northwest China
Nalat grasslands
to excuse
starting point
Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[zhèng zhōu shì], Henan
atomic reactor
principle
genuine
myofibril
North China Plain
original cast
original inhabitant
Zhenyuan county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[qìng yáng], Gansu
Songyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
original sin
to affirm the original sentence (law)
Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
(Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)
the original
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
field
primary color
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
atomic mass
antigen (medicine)
soundtrack
plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
implosion atomic bomb
atomic power station
prehistoric man
Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原[dōng běi píng yuán]
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[qìng shàng nán dào], South Korea
original shape
Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)
principled
atomic energy
originally planned
prokaryote
Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city 固原市[gù yuán shì], Ningxia
Yuanping, county-level city in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
protozoan (bacteria)
general principle
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
to restore sth to its original state
Guyuan city and prefecture in Ningxia
Eastern Myanmar plateau
aurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox
collagen (protein)
The Flintstones (TV Series)
restored to one's official post
Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty
atom
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
Yuanping, county-level city in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
collagen (protein)
Yangyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
nuclear material
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia)
Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[jiā mù sī], Heilongjiang
prokaryote
(statistics) moment
the original form
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[sōng huā jiāng], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[wū sū lǐ jiāng]
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
prokaryotic cell type microorganism
Chlamydia ornithosis
atom bomb
prairie
raw water
fibril
virgin tropical rainforest
fundamental doctrine
glycogen
Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan
indigenous peoples
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
collagen
to start a prairie fire
reducing agent
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
atomic radius
red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish
former Soviet Union
original meaning
sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
primary forest
source language (linguistics)
Qingyuan district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi
originally
Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
(disease) carrier
former Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
Kagen or the Origin of Value by MIURA Baien 三浦梅園|三浦梅园[sān pǔ méi yuán], pioneering study of economics comparable to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论[guó fù lùn]
stock (liquid from stewing meat etc)
information source
original
indigenous
to copy
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
babesiosis
creativity
atomic number
(in) the original place
antigen determinant (causing immunological response)
antigen
initial
original spot
East European Plain
to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version)
to return something to its rightful owner
Songyuan, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
hydrogen nucleus
original text
protoplasm
logs
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
original shape
atomic scientist
prothrombin
to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
motive force
Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan
atomic demolition munition
atomic weight
in principle
(med.) pathogen
Pingyuan county in Dezhou 德州[dé zhōu], Shandong
Salisbury plain
ballpoint pen
unprincipled
raw material
neuron
(slang) green
original production
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
atomic weapon