原来

yuán lái

HSK 4 noun / adjective / adverb

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Meaning 释义

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

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In real sentences 真实例句

我wǒ醒来xǐnglái，发现fāxiàn原来yuánlái一切yīqiè都dōu是shì场chǎng梦mèng。

I awoke to find everything had been a dream.

Tatoeba #337262

把bǎ书shū放fàng回huí原来yuánlái的de地方dìfang。

Put the book back where you found it.

Tatoeba #365886

过guò了le三sān天tiān我wǒ才cái知道zhīdào原来yuánlái她tā失踪shīzōng了le。

It was not until three days after that I knew she had disappeared.

Tatoeba #397081

原来yuánlái你nǐ到dào中国Zhōngguó不要bùyào倒时差dǎoshíchā。

You don't need to adjust your schedule when coming to China.

Tatoeba #578537

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Related words 相关词

也 yě HSK 1 真 zhēn HSK 1 跟 gēn HSK 2 也许 yě xǔ HSK 4 感觉 gǎn jué HSK 4 生活 shēng huó HSK 3 够 gòu HSK 4 真是 zhēn shi HSK 7

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