- lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
Characters
- 完 (完): to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 璧 (璧): jade annulus
- 归 (歸): surname Gui
- 赵 (趙): surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
Resources
- Wiktionary: 完璧归赵
- MDBG: 完璧归赵
- Examples with 完璧归赵 on Tatoeba
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