Difference between revisions of "Expressing "all along" with "yuanlai""
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原来 (yuánlái) means "originally" (similar to 本来) or "former". It can also mean "all along", and can be used to indicate a sudden realization of something previously unknown, a bit like "so its been like that all along, how could I not have realized?". | 原来 (yuánlái) means "originally" (similar to 本来) or "former". It can also mean "all along", and can be used to indicate a sudden realization of something previously unknown, a bit like "so its been like that all along, how could I not have realized?". | ||
| − | ==原来 as " | + | == 原来 as "all along" == |
===Structure=== | ===Structure=== | ||
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| − | 原来 + | + | 原来 + [recently discovered information] |
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| − | Here 原来 means " | + | Here 原来 means "all along". |
=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
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| − | * 你 <em>原来</em> | + | * <em>原来</em> 你 一直 在 骗 我，我 怎么 那么 傻？ |
| − | * | + | * <em>原来</em> 是 你！我 都 没 认出来！ |
| − | * <em>原来</em> | + | * A: 我们 以前 是 同学，我 当然 认识 他。 |
| + | B: 哦，<em>原来</em> 是 这样 啊！ | ||
| + | * <em>原来</em> 你 什么 都 不 懂，为什么 还 说 自己 是 个 博士？ | ||
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| − | == 原来 as " | + | The more formal expression 原来如此 can be used like 原来是这样 in example 3, to mean "oh, so its like that is it?" |
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| + | ==原来 as "originally"== | ||
===Structure=== | ===Structure=== | ||
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| − | 原来 + [ | + | 原来 + Noun/Adjective/[verb phrase] |
</div> | </div> | ||
| − | Here 原来 means " | + | Here 原来 means "originally" or "former". |
=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
<div class="liju"> | <div class="liju"> | ||
| − | * <em>原来</em> | + | * 你 <em>原来</em> 的 发型 很 可爱， 剪 了 太 可惜 了！ |
| − | * <em>原来</em> | + | * 我 发誓 我 <em>原来</em> 什么 都 不 知道，她 今早 才 告诉 我 这个 消息。 |
| − | * | + | * <em>原来</em> 科学家 以为 激光 没有 多大 用处，可 它 却 成为 了 20 世纪 最 重要 的 发明 之一。 |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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原来 (yuánlái) means "originally" (similar to 本来) or "former". It can also mean "all along", and can be used to indicate a sudden realization of something previously unknown, a bit like "so its been like that all along, how could I not have realized?".
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原来 as "all along"
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原来 + [recently discovered information]
Here 原来 means "all along".
Examples
- 原来 你 一直 在 骗 我，我 怎么 那么 傻？
- 原来 是 你！我 都 没 认出来！
- A: 我们 以前 是 同学，我 当然 认识 他。
B: 哦，原来 是 这样 啊！
- 原来 你 什么 都 不 懂，为什么 还 说 自己 是 个 博士？
The more formal expression 原来如此 can be used like 原来是这样 in example 3, to mean "oh, so its like that is it?"
原来 as "originally"
Structure
原来 + Noun/Adjective/[verb phrase]
Here 原来 means "originally" or "former".
Examples
- 你 原来 的 发型 很 可爱， 剪 了 太 可惜 了！
- 我 发誓 我 原来 什么 都 不 知道，她 今早 才 告诉 我 这个 消息。
- 原来 科学家 以为 激光 没有 多大 用处，可 它 却 成为 了 20 世纪 最 重要 的 发明 之一。
