Taiwan Mandarin

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原來

yuánlái·ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊ

“original; former; at first; so, actually, as it turns out; used when discovering something previously unknown”

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yuán·ㄩㄢˊ

Original; former; primary; raw; cause; source; beginning; to forgive; a surname; a wide flat area.

To come; to arrive; to return; to happen; to be used as a substitute for a verb; indicating possibility; indicating the future or next time; approximately.