Read Edit View history Discussion 合浦珠还 hépǔzhūhuán lost things returned Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 合浦珠还 合浦珠還 hépǔzhūhuán lost things returned To recover something that was lost for a long time; also refers to someone returning after a long absence. This idiom refers to a story where pearls returned to Hepu after a corrupt official was replaced by an honest one. Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Variant of 珠还合浦 zhūhuánhépǔHas abbreviation 珠还 zhūhuán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
合浦珠还 合浦珠還 hépǔzhūhuán lost things returned To recover something that was lost for a long time; also refers to someone returning after a long absence. This idiom refers to a story where pearls returned to Hepu after a corrupt official was replaced by an honest one. Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Variant of 珠还合浦 zhūhuánhépǔHas abbreviation 珠还 zhūhuán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)