買櫝還珠

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
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

  (Pinyin): mǎidúhuánzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎidúhuánzhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maedwuhwanju
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎidúhuánjhu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tu³⁵ xwän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

Idiom

買櫝還珠

1. (figuratively) to show poor judgement