原来Tom是贼来的。

Tom turned out to be a thief.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 原来 yuánlái
  1. original; former
  2. originally; formerly; at first
  3. so, actually, as it turns out
2 T T (slang) butch (lesbian stereotype)
3
o
Not in lexicon.
4
m
Not in lexicon.
=5 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 贼 zéi
  1. thief; robber
  2. (bound form) traitor; subversive
  3. (bound form) evil; wicked
  4. sly; shifty; devious
  5. (literary) to harm; to injure
  6. (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
7 来的 láide
  1. (regional, chiefly Cantonese-influenced Mandarin, colloquial) synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  2. at; in
  3. synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  4. to be at; to be in; to exist
  5. used to indicate the continuous aspect