原封不动

原封不動
yuánfēngbùdòng
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

Zhè fèn wénjiàn bèi yuánfēng bùdòng de tuī le huílái.
The document was returned completely untouched.
Tā bǎ lǐwù yuánfēng bùdòng de fàng zài le jiǎoluò lǐ.
He left the gift sitting in the corner, completely unopened.

Tips

memory
= original, = sealed, = 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

yuán
fēng
dòng