懷璧其罪

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (懷璧其罪)	懷璧	其	罪
simp. (怀璧其罪)	怀璧	其	罪
Literally: “treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime”.

周諺有之：『匹夫無罪，懷璧其罪。』 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

From: Commentary of Zuo, circa 4^th century BCE

Zhōu yàn yǒu zhī: ‘Pǐfū wú zuì, huái bì qí zuì.’ [Pinyin]

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Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤruj pek ɡə [dz]ˤujʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡruːl peɡ ɡɯ zuːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	懷	璧	其	罪
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huái	bì	qí	zuì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwɛj ›	‹ pjiek ›	‹ gi ›	‹ dzwoj^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁruj/	/*pek/	/*ɡə/	/*[dz]ˁujʔ/
English	bosom; embrace	circular jade insignium	modal particle	crime, offense
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

懷璧其罪

to get into trouble on account of a cherished item, fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.

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