Word: 原來 (yuánlái)

原來 is how 原来 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 原来

What 原來 means

yuánlái: original; originally; so, actually, as it turns out

Full dictionary entry for 原來

Example sentences using 原來

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原來你是這樣想的。

Yuánlái nǐ shì zhèyàng xiǎng de.

Ah, so that is your thinking!
原來都是假的。

Yuánlái dōu shì jiǎ de.

So it was all a lie.
我以為他是男的，原來她是女的。

Wǒ yǐwéi tā shì nán de, yuánlái tā shì nǚ de.

I had thought that he was a man, but it turned out that he was a woman.
我們以為是誰，原來是您呀！

Wǒmen yǐwéi shì shéi, yuánlái shì nín ya!

We were wondering who it was, and it turns out that it was you!
把書放回原來的地方。

Bǎ shū fàng huí yuánlái de dìfāng.

Put the book back where you found it.
把書放回它原來的地方。

Bǎ shū fàng huí tā yuánlái de dìfāng.

Put the book back where it was.