Read Edit View history 买椟还珠 mǎidúhuánzhū to lack judgment Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎidúhuánzhū to lack judgment To buy the casket and return the pearl; used to describe showing poor judgment by focusing on the superficial while ignoring the valuable part, or choosing the wrong thing entirely Frequency Written text 0.070 per million Cross-References Referenced by 得匣还珠 déxiáhuánzhū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎidúhuánzhū to lack judgment To buy the casket and return the pearl; used to describe showing poor judgment by focusing on the superficial while ignoring the valuable part, or choosing the wrong thing entirely Frequency Written text 0.070 per million Cross-References Referenced by 得匣还珠 déxiáhuánzhū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)