买椟还珠 in English mai3 du2 huan2 zhu1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
  • to show poor judgment (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

买 椟 还 珠

Traditional Characters

買 櫝 還 珠

Pinyin

mai3 du2 huan2 zhu1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

买mai3to buy 椟du2cabinet 还hai2surname Huan 珠zhu1bead