Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
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If something is supposed to be the way it is or what you think it is,we say that it is "originally"or"it's supposed to be",which in Chinese are "本来"（běnlái) and"原来"（yuánlái). "本来"（běnlái) is usually
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"不断" is usually placed before the verb it modifies, and it often requires the particle "地" to show that it is an adverb.
Subject + 不断 + 地 + Verb
Sources and further reading
Books
- Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级) (pp. 94-6) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 195-6) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 5 (新实用汉语课本5) (pp. 29)→buy
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (pp. 22-23) →buy
