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原来

yuán lái
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. original
  2. 2. former
  3. 3. originally
  4. 4. formerly
  5. 5. at first
  6. 6. so, actually, as it turns out

Example Sentences

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原来 如此！
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 523605)
原来 如此。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2350399)
原来 你很倔。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4440133)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Child Words of 原来

原
yuán

former

来
lái

to come