本来

(本來)běn lái

originally

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这种小事本来就不应该麻烦别人。

zhè zhǒng xiǎo shì běn lái jiù bù yīng gāi má fán bié rén.

This small matter should not have troubled others.

我本来要去看演出，但是突然有事儿不能去了。

wǒ běn lái yào qù kàn yǎn chū, dàn shì tū rán yǒu shì ér bù néng qù le.

I was going to go to the show, but something suddenly happened and I couldn't go.

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