📖 Meaning
This idiom means that one's wishes or desires are fulfilled and realized. It describes the satisfaction of achieving what one originally hoped for. The phrase conveys a sense of contentment when long-held aspirations finally come to fruition.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom does not trace to a specific classical text and has no recorded origin story. It is a variant of the more common idiom 如愿以偿 (rú yuàn yǐ cháng), which appears in Qing dynasty literature such as Wu Jianren's 'Twenty Years of Strange Things Witnessed.' The character 原 (yuán, meaning 'original') replaces the standard 愿 (yuàn, meaning 'wish'), lending the phrase a nuance of fulfilling one's original intention rather than merely one's wishes. Both forms share the same core meaning of desires being realized.
💡 Example Usage
经过多年努力，他终于如原以偿，考上了理想的大学。
After years of hard work, he finally got his wish fulfilled and was admitted to his ideal university.
🏷️ Category
➕ Similar Idioms
➖ Opposite Idioms
🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 如原以偿
- Pinyin: rú yuán yǐ cháng
- Literal Translation: as, original, thereby, fulfill
- Category: Success
- Characters: 4