原来
Meaning
- original; former
- originally; formerly; at first
- so, actually, as it turns out
Example sentence
原来如此！
So that's how it is!
Characters in 原来
- 原 yuán original, former; a plain; raw
- 来 lái to come
原 original plus 来, to come. It means originally, and also marks a realisation: 原来是你, so it was you all along.