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yuán lái
adj. original, former
80%     120%
Other meanings
[yuán lái]   adv. as it turns out, as a matter of fact (indicating that the real situation is revealed)

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
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tā de yì fān huà ràng wó gǎi biàn le yuán lái de jué dìng .
phr. His words changed my former decisions.
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zhè yì xiāo xi cù shí wǒ men gǎi biàn le yuán lái de jì huà .
phr. This news drove us to change our original plan.
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kàn dào yuán lái de zhàng fu, tā dèng le yì yǎn jiù zǒu le .
phr. Seeing her ex-husband, she gave him a hard look and went away.
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yuán lái de tǔ lù dōu biàn chéng le bǎi yóu mǎ lù .
phr. The unsurfaced road has been changed into pitch road.
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wǒ bú zàn chéng nǐ yuán lái de nà gè gòu xiǎng, nǐ xū yào xiū gǎi .
phr. I don't approve of your original idea, you need to amend it.
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wǒ xū yào bǎ diàn nǎo huán yuán chéng yuán lái de yàng zi .
phr. I need to return my computer to its original status.
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tā bèi zhuǎn huí le yuán lái de yī yuàn
phr. He was transfered to the original hospital.
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qǐng zài yuán lái de jī chǔ shàng zài gǎi yi gǎi .
phr. Please change a little based on the original version.
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wǒ hái zhù zài yuán lái de dì fang .
phr. I still live in that former place.