Translation of 原来 to English with examples of 原来 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

原来

原來

yuán lái

adv. as it turns out, as a matter of fact (indicating that the real situation is revealed)

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[yuán lái] adj. original, former

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EXAMPLES

我原来是演员，现在想做导演。

我原來是演員，現在想做導演。

wǒ yuán lái shì yǎn yuán, xiàn zài xiǎng zuò dáo yǎn .

phr. I was an actor, but now I want to be a director.

原来如此

原來如此

yuán lái rú cǐ

phr. I see; So that's what it is; It explains the matter.

汽油短缺的谣传原来是一场虚惊.

汽油短缺的謠傳原來是一場虛驚.

qì yóu duǎn quē de yáo chuán yuán lái shì yì chǎng xū jīng .

phr. The rumor of petrol shortage turned out to be a false alarm.

狐狸抬头一看，原来是狼。

狐狸抬頭一看，原來是狼。

hú li tái tóu yí kàn, yuán lái shì láng

phr. The fox looked up, and it turned out to be the wolf.

原来昨天那个人是你啊。

原來昨天那個人是你啊。

yuán lái zuó tiān nà gè rén shì nǐ a

phr. It turned out that the person from yesterday was you.

原来打算学一年。

原來打算學一年。

yuán lái dǎ suàn xué yì nián .

phr. (I) originally planned to study for a year.