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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
raw material
HSK 4
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
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
atomic nucleus
to create (an original work) / (of a work) original / original creation; original work
HSK 7-9
atomic weight / atomic mass
primary cell; non-rechargeable battery
first wife
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
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
primitive man; prehistoric human
primary color
original cast / former team
to mark time (military) / to make no headway
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
raw coal
authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
model / prototype / archetype
HSK 7-9
atomic number
atomic weapon
atomic power station
original inhabitant / indigenous people
atomic bomb; A-bomb
raw material
plain / open country
originality
raw water / unpurified water
previous condition / original state
former Soviet Union
ancestral home (town) / birthplace
original sin
country of origin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
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)
Urtext edition
manuscript / original copy
from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal
protoplasm
original source / place of origin / provenance
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
initial / original / originally / at first
in principle / generally
creativity
genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
HSK 7-9
original name
original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character
indigenous peoples / aborigine
original spot / previous place / where it was before
Kingdom Monera / prokaryote
protist / primitive organism
principled
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
primitive society
lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom) / fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact
the original form
original location
old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover
original meaning
original works / original text / original author
atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)
atomic clock
original price
atomic radius
prokaryotic (cell)
protonephridium (invertebrate anatomy)
original shape / the same as before
atomic mass
the whole story
source language (linguistics)
(bird species of China) rock dove (Columba livia)
(anatomy) fibril

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