原物 (yuán wù) — original item; the same item as originally existed

Definition

Examples

• 请将原物归还给失主。
  Qǐng jiāng yuán wù guī huán gěi shī zhǔ.
  Please return the original item to the owner.
• 警方确认这枚戒指就是原物。
  Jǐng fāng què rèn zhè méi jiè zhi jiù shì yuán wù.
  The police confirmed that this ring is the original item.
• 博物馆展出的文物并非原物，而是复制品。
  Bó wù guǎn zhǎn chū de wén wù bìng fēi yuán wù, ér shì fù zhì pǐn.
  The artifacts exhibited in the museum are not the original items but replicas.

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