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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
本來 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
本來 ＝ 本 ＋ 來
ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ · běnlái
adverb — originally; in the first place; as things stood

字源 FORM — what the parts do

本root; origin (根本的本)běn
來to come (來去的來)lái
本來，根本的本，來去的來。
關 · Related
原來yuánláioriginally; as it turns out — near-synonyms; 原來 carries a revelation sense根本gēnběnfundamentally; (not) at all — shares the 本 root; stronger negation sense