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原因

yuán yīn

HSK 2 · word 1166 of 3,000

Meaning

• cause
• origin
• root cause

Measure word

个 gè

Example sentence

Characters in 原因

• 原 yuán original, former; a plain; raw
• 因 yīn cause, reason; because

原 original plus 因, cause. The root cause, and 因 alone heads 因为.

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