買櫝還珠

Chinese
buy cabinet; case; casket
 
pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
 pearl; bead
trad. (買櫝還珠) 買 櫝 還 珠
simp. (买椟还珠) 买 椟 还 珠
Literally: “to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

買櫝還珠

  1. (figuratively) to show poor judgement
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