本來
běn​lái HSK3

originally

本来 本來 běn​lái
originally adverb
originally; at first; in the beginning

本来应该是我。

běn​lái yīng​gāi shì wǒ.

It should have been me.

original adjective
original; innate; inherent; describing a state or quality that was originally present

你只需要接受事物本来的样子。

nǐ zhǐ xū​yào jiē​shòu shì​wù běn​lái de yàng​zi.

All you need to do is accept things as they are.

of course
it goes without saying; that's as it should be; indicates that something is logical or should have been expected from the start

Frequency
Movie subtitles
131.6 per million appears in 44% of films
Written text
90.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Same as

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)