原来如此

Mandarin

Interjection

原来如此 (simplified, Pinyin yuánlái rúcǐ, traditional 原來如此)

1. so that's the way it is; so it's like that

References

• 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8:
• "原来如此" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-11-08.