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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
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
raw material
HSK 4
to excuse / to forgive / to pardon
HSK 6
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
principle / theory
HSK 5
originally / original / former
HSK 5
originally / original
HSK 7-9
original / former
HSK 5
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
crude oil
complainant / plaintiff
HSK 6
collagen
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
atomic nucleus
to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
HSK 7-9
atomic weight / atomic mass
altitude sickness / acute mountain sickness / abbr. to 高反
first wife
(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
original; authentic
HSK 7-9
atomic energy
atom / atomic
logs
original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
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
original text
original meaning / original intention
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道, South Korea
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
to restore sth to its original state
primary color
original cast / former team
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
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
to mark time (military) / to make no headway
carbon atom
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
raw coal
to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery
HSK 7-9
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
general principle
model / prototype / archetype
HSK 7-9
Zhongyuan District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市, Henan
atomic number
atomic weapon
atomic power station
original inhabitant / indigenous people
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Central Asian grasslands
atomic bomb; A-bomb
raw material
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
plain / open country
originality
raw water / unpurified water
previous condition / original state
Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原
to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
Pingyuan county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
former Soviet Union
a maxim / one's principles
ancestral home (town) / birthplace
original sin
country of origin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
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
original soundtrack (OST); soundtrack
family of origin
original work (not translation or abridged)
protozoan (bacteria)
Euclid's "Elements"
glycogen
Urtext edition
manuscript / original copy
Guyuan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
protoplasm
original source / place of origin / provenance
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省
juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat)
acoustic (musical instrument)
plaintiff and defendant / prosecution and defense (lawyers)
atomic scientist / nuclear scientist

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