原封不动

原封不動
yuánfēng-búdòng
idiom #24,197

Meanings

  1. 1 untouched
  2. 2 left exactly as it was
  3. 3 intact and unaltered
  4. 4 with the original seal unbroken

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè fèn wénjiàn bèi yuánfēng-búdòng de tuì le huílái.
The document was returned completely untouched.
HSK 6
Tā bǎ lǐwù yuánfēng-búdòng de fàngzài le jiǎoluò lǐ.
He left the gift sitting in the corner, completely unopened.

Tips

memory
原 = original, 封 = sealed, 不动 = not moved. Picture a parcel with its original wax seal still intact - nothing opened, nothing touched. The idiom originally described goods still in their original packaging.

Stroke Order

原 yuán
封 fēng
不 bù
动 dòng