原来

Traditional form:

原來

Pinyin (reading):

yuánlái

Definitions:

• original; former
• originally; formerly; at first
• so, actually, as it turns out

Characters:

• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on