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本来
běn lái
HSK 2.0 Level 4
HSK 3.0 Level 3
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Definitions
- 1. original
- 2. originally
- 3. at first
- 4. it goes without saying
- 5. of course
Example Sentences
1 shown本来 嘛!
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.