本来

Traditional form:

本來

Pinyin (reading):

běnlái

Definitions:

• original
• originally
• at first
• it goes without saying
• of course

Characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on