原来如此 — Chinese idiom
原来如此
yuán lái rú cǐ
Traditional: 原來如此
Meaning
- so that's how it is; I see
Character by character
- 原yuánsource, origin, beginning
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 此cǐthis, these; in this case, then
Idioms sharing a character
- 原封不动 yuán fēng bù dòng
- 原形毕露 yuán xíng bì lù
- 问鼎中原 wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
- 物归原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ
- 略迹原情 lüè jì yuán qíng
- 逐鹿中原 zhú lù Zhōng yuán
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 来之不易 lái zhī bù yì
- 来去无踪 lái qù wú zōng
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
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