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HSK
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
HSK 5
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
raw material
HSK 4
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to excuse / to forgive / to pardon
HSK 6
principle / theory
HSK 5
originally / original / former
HSK 5
originally / original
HSK 7-9
original / former
HSK 5
(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
HSK 7-9
to create (an original work) / (of a work) original / original creation; original work
HSK 7-9
raw and semifinished materials
HSK 7-9
snowfield
ice field
primary cell; non-rechargeable battery
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
crude oil
complainant / plaintiff
HSK 6
genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
HSK 7-9
North China Plain
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
atomic nucleus
atomic weight / atomic mass
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
first wife
original source / place of origin / provenance
original; authentic
HSK 7-9
general principle
atomic energy
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
atom / atomic
restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post
logs
original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery
HSK 7-9
original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
primitive society
original text
original meaning / original intention
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道, South Korea
(Tw, HK) ballpoint pen
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江
primitive man; prehistoric human
hydrogen atom
primary color
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
alluvial plain
original price
subatomic
Central Asian grasslands
to mark time (military) / to make no headway
carbon atom
raw coal
former Soviet Union
Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
collagen
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市, Inner Mongolia
model / prototype / archetype
HSK 7-9
atomic weapon
original shape / the same as before
original inhabitant / indigenous people
lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom) / fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact
raw material
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
Euclid's "Elements"
original production / native to (of species)
acoustic (musical instrument)
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
atomic clock
plain / open country
raw water / unpurified water
atomic reactor
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
previous condition / original state
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县, Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
reconstituted milk (Tw)
ancestral home (town) / birthplace
original sin
original meaning
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
originality
tundra
the original / original document / master copy
to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song
starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin
family of origin
original work (not translation or abridged)
glycogen

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