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original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
raw material
HSK 4
original / former
HSK 5
originally / original / former
HSK 5
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
HSK 5
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
principle / theory
HSK 5
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
to excuse / to forgive / to pardon
HSK 6
complainant / plaintiff
HSK 6
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
HSK 7-9
originally / original
HSK 7-9
raw and semifinished materials
HSK 7-9
to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery
HSK 7-9
(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
HSK 7-9
model / prototype / archetype
HSK 7-9
to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
HSK 7-9
original work (not translation or abridged)
the original / original document / master copy
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
originally planned / originally determined
collagen (protein)
manuscript / original copy
original sin
(Tw, HK) ballpoint pen
antigen
atom / atomic
sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed / untouched
(med.) pathogen
original price
allergen / anaphylactogen
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
logs
original soundtrack (OST); soundtrack
indigenous peoples / aborigine
the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省
original text
original works / original text / original author
to restore sth to its original state
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song
starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin
crude oil
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
Yuanyang county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡, Henan
Pingyuan county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
plain / open country
original name
primitive man; prehistoric human
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat)
previous condition / original state
original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
original location
prehistoric man / primitive man
carbon atom
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia
atomic bomb; A-bomb
original shape / the same as before
original cast / former team
plasmodium (malaria parasite)
prairie / savanna
motive force / prime mover / first cause / agent
original spot / previous place / where it was before
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
atomic nucleus
primitive society
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
(idiom) to return sth to its rightful owner
Yangyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Loess Plateau of northwest China
Zhenyuan county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Guyuan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
a pathogen / a bacterial pathogen
Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
alluvial plain
unprincipled
Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
North China Plain
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
amoeba / ameba
protozoan (bacteria)
protozoan
atomic weight / atomic mass
Zhenyuan county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
protoplasm
prokaryote

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