原来如此

Traditional form:

原來如此

Pinyin (reading):

yuánláirúcǐ

Definitions:

• so that's how it is; I see

Characters:

• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 此 - this, these; in this case, then

Traditional characters:

• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 此 - this, these; in this case, then