Taiwan Mandarin

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原是

yuán shì·ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ

“originally was; used to be; turns out to be.”

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yuán·ㄩㄢˊ

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

To be; yes; correct; right; true; to affirm; to acknowledge; a surname; a thing; indeed.