买椟还珠
Traditional form:
買櫝還珠
Pinyin (reading):
mǎidúhuánzhū
Definitions:
- to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
- to show poor judgment (idiom)
Characters:
- 买 - to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade
- 椟 - cabinet, closet, wardrobe
- 还 - also, besides; still, yet; to return
- 珠 - gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
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