買櫝還珠 — mai3 du2 huan2 zhu1 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

mai³ du² huan² zhu¹

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside/to show poor judgment (idiom)

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

買

櫝

還

珠

As word

1

mai³

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside/to show poor judgment (idiom)

2

du²

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside/to show poor judgment (idiom)

3

huan²

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside/to show poor judgment (idiom)

4

zhu¹

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside/to show poor judgment (idiom)