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元来

yuán lái

2-character word Traditional 元來

What 元来 means

1. variant of {原来|yuán lái}

The characters in 元来

• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Sounds the same

Read yuán lái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 原来original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out