合浦珠还 hépǔzhūhuán lost things returned Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 合浦珠还 合浦珠還 hépǔzhūhuán lost things returned To recover something that was lost for a long time; also refers to someone returning after a long absence. This idiom refers to a story where pearls returned to Hepu after a corrupt official was replaced by an honest one. Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Variant of 珠还合浦 zhūhuánhépǔHas abbreviation 珠还 zhūhuán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
合浦珠还 合浦珠還 hépǔzhūhuán lost things returned To recover something that was lost for a long time; also refers to someone returning after a long absence. This idiom refers to a story where pearls returned to Hepu after a corrupt official was replaced by an honest one. Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Variant of 珠还合浦 zhūhuánhépǔHas abbreviation 珠还 zhūhuán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
