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原来 yuánlái
原来 (yuánlái) means "original". It is a word from HSK 2 (Adj), number 411 in this course by how often it appears.
- Meaning
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- Pinyin
- yuánlái
- Traditional
- 原來
- Level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 原 来
Updated
Example sentences
- 原来如此！
So that's how it is!
Tatoeba: GlossaMatik / FeuDRenais2 - 原来你很倔。
Originally, you were very stubborn.
Tatoeba: shanghainese / sharris123 - 原来都是假的。
So it was all a lie.
Tatoeba: GlossaMatik / FeuDRenais2
Learned together
In the course, "原来" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.