物归原主
wù​guī​yuán​zhǔ

to return something to its rightful owner

  • created reference approved 物归原主/物歸原主 → 物归旧主/物歸舊主 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物归原主 / 物歸原主 wù​guī​yuán​zhǔ

    物归旧主 / 物歸舊主 wù​guī​jiù​zhǔ

    synonym

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

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  • created reference approved 物归原主/物歸原主 → 完璧归赵/完璧歸趙 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物归原主 / 物歸原主 wù​guī​yuán​zhǔ

    完璧归赵 / 完璧歸趙 wán​bì​guī​zhào

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 物归原主/物歸原主 · wù​guī​yuán​zhǔ · to return something to its rightful owner — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物归原主 / 物歸原主

    wù​guī​yuán​zhǔ

    to return something to its rightful owner

    (idiom) to return a lost or stolen object to its original owner; to restore property to the person it belongs to

    物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to give back 原主 (literal) → 原主 · yuán​zhǔ · original owner

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

    created sense