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买椟还珠 (買櫝還珠)

mǎi dú huán zhū

Definition

  1. to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
  2. to show poor judgement (idiom)

Character Decomposition

买
=
乛
+
头
椟
=
木
+
卖
还
=
辶
+
不
珠
=
王
+
朱

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