合浦珠还
hé​pǔ​zhū​huán

lost things returned

  • created reference approved 合浦珠还/合浦珠還 → 珠还合浦/珠還合浦 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    合浦珠还 / 合浦珠還 hé​pǔ​zhū​huán

    珠还合浦 / 珠還合浦 zhū​huán​hé​pǔ

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 合浦珠还/合浦珠還 · hé​pǔ​zhū​huán · lost things returned — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    合浦珠还 / 合浦珠還

    hé​pǔ​zhū​huán

    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.

    合 (literal) → 合 · hé · to join 浦 (literal) → 浦 · pǔ · river mouth 珠还 (literal) → 珠还/珠還 · zhū​huán · lost property restored

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense