原汁原味
yuán zhī yuán wèi
Pinyin

Definition

原汁原味
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yuán zhī yuán wèi
  1. original
  2. authentic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

原
Yuán
  1. 1 Hara (Japanese surname)
原来
yuán lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 originally
  4. 4 formerly
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 so, actually, as it turns out
原因
yuán yīn
  1. 1 cause
  2. 2 origin
  3. 3 root cause
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
原谅
yuán liàng
  1. 1 to excuse
  2. 2 to forgive
  3. 3 to pardon

Idioms (16)

五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
  1. 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
  2. 2 untouched
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
  1. 1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid

Sample Sentences

将小说拍成电影，如何做到保持原汁原味又让人耳目一新，可能是每个导演的难题。
jiāng xiǎoshuō pāi chéng diànyǐng ，rúhé zuòdào bǎochí yuánzhīyuánwèi yòu ràng rén ěrmùyīxīn ，kěnéng shì měigè dǎoyǎn de nántí 。
It is probably a challenge faced by film directors who have to consider how they can let viewers have a fresh view while keeping the original when making a film from a novel.
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萝卜青菜各有所爱吧，总之我还是爱吃原汁原味的中国菜。
luóboqīngcàigèyǒusuǒài ba ，zǒngzhī wǒ háishi ài chī yuánzhīyuánwèi de Zhōngguó cài 。
To each his own, for me I still love truly authentic Chinese food.
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原汁原味
yuánzhīyuánwèi
Authentic.
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我们要看的就是你们原汁原味的生活。像你们这种建在河边的房子就很有特色，外面看起来是传统的吊脚楼。晚上睡在里面，听着潺潺的流水声，看着河两岸的灯火，这感觉真棒。
wǒmen yào kàn de jiùshì nǐmen yuánzhīyuánwèi de shēnghuó 。xiàng nǐmen zhèzhǒng jiàn zài hébiān de fángzi jiù hěn yǒu tèsè ，wàimian kàn qǐlai shì chuántǒng de diàojiǎolóu 。wǎnshang shuì zài lǐmiàn ，tīng zhe chánchán de liúshuǐshēng ，kàn zhe hé liǎng\'àn de dēnghuǒ ，zhè gǎnjué zhēn bàng 。
What we want to see is what your lives were really like. Like these buildings that you build on the riverside – they're so distinctive. From the outside, they look like the traditional stilt-houses. Sleeping inside at night, listening to the babbling sounds of flowing water, watching the lights on both sides of the river – it's such a great feeling.
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本来我们过圣诞节就只是想借这么一个节日的名义来好好放松一下，和朋友们交流交流嘛，是不是原汁原味并不重要，享受圣诞节那种温馨热闹的气氛才是真的。
běnlái wǒmen guò shèngdànjié jiù zhǐshì xiǎng jiè zhème yī ge jiérì de míngyì lái hǎohāo fàngsōng yīxià ，hé péngyǒumen jiāoliú jiāoliú ma ，shì bu shì yuánzhīyuánwèi bìng bù zhòngyào ，xiǎngshòu shèngdànjié nàzhǒng wēnxīn rènao de qìfēn cái shì zhēnde 。
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