買櫝還珠
Chinese
buy | cabinet; case; casket | pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet |
pearl; bead | ||
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trad. (買櫝還珠) | 買 | 櫝 | 還 | 珠 | |
simp. (买椟还珠) | 买 | 椟 | 还 | 珠 | |
Literally: “to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎidúhuánjhu
- Wade–Giles: mai3-tu2-huan2-chu1
- Yale: mǎi-dú-hwán-jū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maedwuhwanju
- Palladius: майдухуаньчжу (majduxuanʹčžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ xu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 買櫝還珠
- (figurative) to show poor judgement