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原封不动

yuán fēng bù dòng

4-character word Traditional 原封不動

What 原封不动 means

1. (lit.) the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom)
2. (fig.) left completely unchanged; untouched; intact

The characters in 原封不动

• 原yuánformer; original; primary
• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 他把那封信原封不动寄回去了。
  Tā bǎ nà fēng xìn yuánfēngbùdòng jì huíqu le.
  He sent the letter back unopened.