| 原来 |
yuán lái |
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out |
| 原 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara |
| 原 |
yuán |
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source |
| 来 |
lái |
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) / ever since (as in 自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |