principle ⇒ 我们原则上同意你的观点。 Wǒmen yuánzé shang tóngyì nǐ de guāndiǎn. → We agree with you in principle.
原告
plaintiff
原因
reason ⇒ 这次没考好,主要原因是没重视。 Zhè cì méi kǎohǎo, zhǔyào yuányīn shì méi zhòngshì. → The main reason I didn't do well in this exam is that I didn't take it very seriously. ⇒ 医生们尚未查出得这种病的原因。 Yīshēngmen shàng wèi cháchū dé zhè zhǒng bìng de yuányīn. → The doctors have never established the causes of this illness.
原始
( 古老 ) primitive
原委
full details pl
原子
atom
原形
true colours ( 英 ) 或 colors ( 美 ) pl
原料
( 指烹饪 ) ingredient
原本
( 原稿 ) original manuscript
原来
original ⇒ 几十年过去,这个小镇还是原来的样子。 Jǐshí nián guòqù, zhège xiǎozhèn háishì yuánlái de yàngzi. → Decades have passed, but this town is still as it always was.
原理
principle
原稿
manuscript
原籍
native home
原著
the original
原谅
forgive ( pt forgave ) , pp forgiven ⇒ 我得早点走,请原谅。 Wǒ děi zǎodiǎn zǒu, qǐng yuánliàng. → I have to leave early, please excuse me. ⇒ 我求她原谅我的过失。 Wǒ qiú tā yuánliàng wǒ de guòshī. → I begged her pardon for my mistake.
复原
( 恢复健康 ) recover ⇒ 老师病后身体已经复原。 Lǎoshī bìng hòu shēntǐ yǐjīng fùyuán. → Our teacher has already recovered from his illness.
平原
plain
草原
grasslands pl
还原
( 恢复 ) restore
高原
plateau ( pl plateaux )
原材料
raw and processed materials pl
原原本本
from start to finish ⇒ 他把事情的经过原原本本地讲了一遍。 Tā bǎ shìqing de jīngguò yuányuán-běnběn de jiǎngle yī biàn. → He gave us a full and detailed account of the affair.
情有可原
forgivable ⇒ 他这样做情有可原。 Tā zhèyàng zuò qíng yǒu kě yuán. → What he did is forgivable.