原来(yuán lái): original
original
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 原来 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
原来都是假的。
yuán lái dōu shì jiǎ de
So it was all a lie.
原来你是这样想的。
yuán lái nǐ shì zhè yàng xiǎng de
Ah, so that is your thinking!
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