完璧

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Chinese

to finish; to be over; whole
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
 
piece of jade with hole in centre
simp. and trad.
(完璧)
Literally: “intact jade”.

Etymology

Short for 完璧歸趙完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào, “returning the jade intact to the State of Zhao”).

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 完璧

  1. (literally) intact jade; perfect jade
  2. (figuratively) perfect person or object; perfection
  3. (figuratively) virgin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 完璧

  1. (to return something) intact; in good condition; complete
  2. flawless; perfect

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
へき > ぺき
Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 完璧 (MC hwan pjiek). Compare Mandarin 完璧 (wánbì).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

(かん)(ぺき) (kanpekiくわんぺき (kwanpeki)?-na (adnominal (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki na), adverbial (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki ni))

  1. perfect, infallible, complete

Usage notes

完壁 is a common misspelling for 完璧 (kanpeki, perfect, perfection) in which the character (heki, jewel, + ) has been replaced with (heki, wall, + ).

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

(かん)(ぺき) (kanpekiくわんぺき (kwanpeki)?

  1. perfection, infallibility, completeness

References



Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

完璧 (wanbyeok) (hangeul 완벽)

  1. hanja form? of 완벽 (perfection, flawlessness)