原来yuánlái
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Meanings
1. original; former
2. originally; formerly; at first
3. so, actually, as it turns out
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Ah, so that is your thinking!
I had thought that he was a man, but it turned out that he was a woman.
I've changed. I'm not the same man I used to be.
We were wondering who it was, and it turns out that it was you!
We were wondering who it was, and it turns out that it was you!
Your parents used to really love us.