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本来 (běn lái) – original
běn lái
original
HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 本來2 example sentences
Definitions
- 1original
- 2originally
- 3at first
- 4it goes without saying
- 5of course
Simplified & traditional
本来
Simplified
本來
Traditional
Example sentences
See 本来 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.
她本来没必要付钱的。
tā běn lái méi bì yào fù qián de 。
She needn't have paid the money.
我本来什么也不知道啊！
wǒ běn lái shén me yě bù zhī dào a ！
Originally, I knew nothing about it at all!
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