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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
原形 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
原形 ＝ 原 ＋ 形
ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ · yuánxíng
noun — the true/original form, one's real shape (esp. as exposed)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

原original, true (原本)yuán
形shape, form (形狀)xíng
原形，原本的原，形狀的形。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

裝扮掉了，露出本來的樣子（形）——原本的（原）那個。
The disguise drops, and out comes the shape (形) it had all along — the original one (原).
字源記憶法
關 · Related
原形畢露yuánxíng bìlùtrue colors fully exposed — the set phrase this word lives in真面目zhēnmiànmùtrue face — the same idea, of a person