MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
HSK Levels / Level 5 / 原先

原先

yuán xiān
HSK 5

English Meaning

originally; original; former

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
适者生存 就像我们三个 原先都不野
HSK 6 00:03
▶
💡 INTENT:

“Don't blame us for being tough and unruly now; harsh circumstances forced us to change.”

1. PREVIOUS

李娟说得对

“Li Juan's right.”

“The strong survive. Just like the three of us, we weren't tough at first,”

3. NEXT

现在不都变野了吗

“but look at us now.”

Explore Clip →
原先以为端王啊是个人物
HSK 6 00:02
▶
💡 INTENT:

“I seriously overestimated Prince Duan; he is actually quite disappointing.”

1. PREVIOUS

陈大人 你们还没看明白吗

“Lord Chen. Don't you get it yet?”

“We thought Prince Duan was formidable,”

3. NEXT

但现在才惊觉

“but now we realize”

《成何体统》 · historical_and_court
Explore Clip →
原先打算是再要个孩子的
HSK 6 00:01
▶
💡 INTENT:

“Things did not go as planned, and we carry lingering regret about not having another baby.”

1. PREVIOUS

本来

“Originally, we planned to have another child.”

“Originally, we planned to have another child.”

3. NEXT

可是谁知道她的身子不行了 怀不上了

“But who knew her body couldn't handle it? She couldn't conceive.”

《风过留痕》 · family_and_home
Explore Clip →

More HSK Level 5 Vocabulary

Explore all mandatory words categorized under Level 5.

View All Level 5 →