Characters
- 原 (原): surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara
- 来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
Resources
- Wiktionary: 原来
- MDBG: 原来
- Examples with 原来 on Tatoeba
Examples
我醒來，發現原來一切都是場夢。
把書放回原來的地方。
過了三天我才知道原來她失蹤了。
原来你到中国不要倒时差。
父親生前留下來的老古董，原來只是一堆不值錢的垃圾。