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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.fmlprimary; basic; initial; fundamental; original
他们回原单位了。
They've gone back to their former work units.
这原是一件好事。
This was a good thing.
这本书的原作者是他。
The original author of this book is he.
- 2
v.excuse; pardon; forgive
原宥
forgive
情有可原
excusable
原谅
excuse
- 3
adj.fmlunprocessed; raw; crude; natural; unrefined
原油
crude oil
原煤
raw coal
原料
raw materials
- 4
n.open country; plain; level country
高原
plateau
平原
plain
原野
open country
Words and phrases with 原
- 原创[word]initiate; original creation
- 原配[word]first wife
- 原始森林[word]primeval forest
- 原地[word]same place
- 原体[word]protomer subunit
- 原型[word]prototype
- 原版[word]original edition; original cassettes and video tapes
- 原价[word]former price
- 原则[word]principle; generally
- 原封不动[idiom]be left intact
- 原形毕露[idiom]be revealed for what one is
- 原始要终[idiom]search for the origin and the outcome of the development of things
- 原汁原味[idiom]original taste and flavor
- 原原本本[idiom]as exact as it is
- 原璧归赵[idiom]give an article back to the owner
- 原来如此[idiom]So that is how matters stand.