原本 – vocab dash

原本yuánběn

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Meanings

1. originally

2. the original; original copy; original version

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要不是yàobushì被bèi绊bàn了le一下yīxià，我wǒ原本yuánběn能néng赢yíng的de。

I would've won if I hadn't tripped.

我wǒ原本yuánběn是shì不bù需要xūyào给gěi花huā浇水jiāoshuǐ的de，我wǒ刚浇jiāo完wán就jiù下雨xiàyǔ了le。

I need not have watered the flowers. Just after I finished it started raining.