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原璧归赵
yuán​bì​guī​zhào

to return something to its owner

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 原 yuán adjective
    original
    (bound form) original; primary; former
  2. 璧 bì
    to return
    (bound form) to return a gift or an object to its owner; used in polite expressions like 璧还 bì​huán
  3. 归赵 歸趙 guī​zhào
    to return something to its owner
    (bound form) to return an object to its original and rightful owner; literally "returning to Zhao"
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