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本来 běn lái

HSK 4 word · traditional 本來

Meanings

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

Characters

• 本 běn: (bound form) root; stem
• 来 lái: to come

Example sentences

我本来应该读一下这本书。
Of course I should read this book.
Tatoeba #336639 by fucongcong (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我去年下决心要到日本来。
I decided to come to Japan last year.
Tatoeba #344861 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我本来什么也不知道啊！
Originally, I knew nothing about it at all!
Tatoeba #4835824 by sadhen (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).