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本来

běn lái · ben lai

Traditional 本來

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她(tā)本(běn)来(lái)没(méi)必(bì)要(yào)付(fù)钱(qián)的(de)。

She needn't have paid the money.

我(wǒ)本(běn)来(lái)对(duì)摇(yáo)滚(gǔn)乐(yuè)没(méi)什(shén)么(me)好(hǎo)感(gǎn)，但(dàn)后(hòu)来(lái)却(què)渐(jiàn)渐(jiàn)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)上(shàng)了(le)。

I didn't like rock music at first, but it soon grew on me.

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(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)

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