Expressing "all along" with 原来 ("yuan2lai2")

原来 yuánlái

Adverb

HSK 3

Structure

原来 + 的 + Noun Subj. + 原来 + Predicate 原来 + [New Information]

表示发现从前不知道的情况，有恍然大悟的意味。

Indicates discovering a previously unknown fact, with a sense of sudden realization.

常用于句子开头或主语之后，引出新发现的事实或真相。

Often used at the beginning of a sentence or after the subject to introduce a newly discovered fact or truth.

1 原来是你！我找了你好久。（It was you all along! I've been looking for you for a long time.）
2 原来他早就知道了这件事。（He knew about this all along.）
3 原来空气污染的罪魁祸首是汽车尾气。（It turns out that the main culprit of air pollution is car exhaust.）
4 原来这里以前是一片大海。（It turns out that this place used to be a sea.）
5 原来你也会弹钢琴，真是多才多艺。（So you can play the piano too, you are truly versatile.）

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