本来

zhè shì wǒ men běn lái de jì huà

这是我们本来的计划。

This was our original plan.

tài duō de yán huì gài zhù shí wù běn lái de wèi dào

太多的盐会盖住食物本来的味道。

Too much salt will mask the true flavour of the food.

wǒ men zhōng hěn shǎo yǒu rén mǎn zú yú jiē shòu zì jǐ běn lái de yàng zi

我们中很少有人满足于接受自己本来的样子。

Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are.

tā běn lái yòng bu zháo zháo jí

她本来用不着着急。

She needn't have worried about it.

tā běn lái jiù yǒu bìng nǎ néng zhè yàng dà yì

他本来就有病，哪能这样大意。

He is ill to begin with, so how can he be so careless?

zhè zhāng zhuō zi běn lái jiù shì hēi sè de

这张桌子本来就是黑色的。

This table is black originally.

bìng méi hǎo běn lái jiù bù gāi chū yuàn

病没好，本来就不该出院。

Since you are still sick, of course you cannot be discharged from hospital.