物归旧主
wù​guī​jiù​zhǔ

return to the old owner

  • created sense approved 物归旧主/物歸舊主 · wù​guī​jiù​zhǔ · return to the old owner — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物归旧主 / 物歸舊主

    wù​guī​jiù​zhǔ

    return to the old owner

    to return something to its original or former owner

    物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to give back 旧 (literal) → 旧/舊 · jiù · former 主 (literal) → 主 · zhǔ · owner

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

    created sense