I see.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
原来如此
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 原来如此 actually appears in real sentences.
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So that's how it is!
No published English translation for this sentence.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 原来如此
What does 原来如此 mean in Chinese?
原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ) means (idiom) so that's how it is; I see.
How do you pronounce 原来如此?
原来如此 is pronounced yuánláirúcǐ.
Is 原来如此 an HSK word?
原来如此 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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