买椟还珠 mǎidúhuánzhū to lack judgment Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎidúhuánzhū to lack judgment To buy the casket and return the pearl; used to describe showing poor judgment by focusing on the superficial while ignoring the valuable part, or choosing the wrong thing entirely Frequency Written text 0.070 per million Cross-References Referenced by 得匣还珠 déxiáhuánzhū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎidúhuánzhū to lack judgment To buy the casket and return the pearl; used to describe showing poor judgment by focusing on the superficial while ignoring the valuable part, or choosing the wrong thing entirely Frequency Written text 0.070 per million Cross-References Referenced by 得匣还珠 déxiáhuánzhū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
