原来 (原來) yuánlái

1. yuánlái adverb originally; formerly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (CCD '原来' 1; FE '原來')
2. yuánlái adverb as it turns out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense that something was discovered later (CCD '原来' 2)

Contained in

• 身心清净方为道 退步原来是向前(身心清淨方為道 退步原來是向前) Purifying the body and mind is the Way; A step back is in fact a step forward.
• 色空本不二 事理原来同(色空本不二 事理原來同) Form and emptiness were never two; Phenomena and principle are actually one.

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• Scroll 1 Sui Dynasty Renshou Era Catalog of Scriptures (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 2
• Scroll 18 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 10 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 1