Chinese Character Wiki

买椟还珠

mǎi​dú​huán​zhū

to show poor judgment

Definitions

买椟还珠 (買櫝還珠) 

mǎi​dú​huán​zhū

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

59675th most common word in books

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