完璧归赵

Mandarin

simpl.		完璧归赵
trad.		完璧歸趙

Etymology

literally: to return the jade disc intact to the State of Zhao

For the full story behind this idiom, see He Shi Bi#"Returning the Jade Intact to Zhao"

Idiom

完璧归赵 (simplified, Pinyin wánbì guī zhào, traditional 完璧歸趙)

1. to return something to its owner in good condition

References

• He Shi Bi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:He Shi Bi
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "完璧归赵" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2008-09-01.