珠还合浦
zhū​huán​hé​pǔ

to recover something lost

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

    珠还合浦 / 珠還合浦 zhū​huán​hé​pǔ

    合浦珠还 / 合浦珠還 hé​pǔ​zhū​huán

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 珠还合浦/珠還合浦 · zhū​huán​hé​pǔ · to recover something lost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    珠还合浦 / 珠還合浦

    zhū​huán​hé​pǔ

    to recover something lost

    (idiom) the return of something long lost; to recover something that has been missing for a long time; also describes a person returning home after a long absence

    珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl 还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to return 合 (literal) → 合 · hé · to join 浦 (literal) → 浦 · pǔ · river mouth

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

    created sense