原汁原味
yuán zhī yuán wèi
authentic; in its original form
Character by character
原yuán
original
original
汁zhī
juice
juice
原yuán
original
original
味wèi
flavour
flavour
Example
这家小馆做的是原汁原味的老北京炸酱面。
This little restaurant serves the real old-Beijing noodles with fried bean sauce.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
Born in the kitchen (the original broth and taste), now used for culture, buildings, translations and shows kept true to the source: 原汁原味地保留下来.
Learn this in Lesson 117 · HSK 7–9: 中轴线申遗成功 (Culture news: Beijing’s Central Axis joins the World Heritage list)
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