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original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
raw material
HSK 4
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
original / former
HSK 5
originally / original / former
HSK 5
principle / theory
HSK 5
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
HSK 5
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
complainant / plaintiff
HSK 6
to excuse / to forgive / to pardon
HSK 6
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
HSK 7-9
to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery
HSK 7-9
model / prototype / archetype
HSK 7-9
originally / original
HSK 7-9
(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
HSK 7-9
raw and semifinished materials
HSK 7-9
original; authentic
HSK 7-9
genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
HSK 7-9
atomic theory
primitive man; prehistoric human
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
(med.) pathogen
juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
atom / atomic
original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
plain / open country
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne
family of origin
first wife
original works / original text / original author
original price
collagen (protein)
atomic scientist / nuclear scientist
Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市, Henan
creativity
original production / native to (of species)
original shape / the same as before
primary color
implosion atomic bomb
to start a prairie fire
Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
original work (not translation or abridged)
manuscript / original copy
reconstituted milk
original meaning / original intention
original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish
(immunology) antigen
prehistoric man / primitive man
original name
crude oil
originally planned / originally determined
xanthan / xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener)
wasteland
the original form
original sin
previous condition / original state
glycogen
protist / primitive organism
initial / original / originally / at first
original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character
Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city 固原市, Ningxia
Qingyuan county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning
protoplasm
Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡, Henan
from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
ancestral home (town) / birthplace
logs
Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
tundra
Qingyuan district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi
original spot / previous place / where it was before
the whole story
original text
raw coal
pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
(Tw, HK) ballpoint pen
(immunology) antigenic determinant; epitope
Fujiwara (Japanese surname)
(anatomy) neurofibril
Sugawara (Japanese surname)
starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin
restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post
zymogen / fermentogen

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