| 完璧归赵 |
wán bì guī Zhào |
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner |
| 完 |
wán |
to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire |
| 完璧 |
wán bì |
flawless piece of jade / (fig.) perfect person or thing / virgin / to return sth intact |
| 璧 |
bì |
jade annulus |
| 归 |
Guī |
surname Gui |
| 归 |
guī |
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor |
| 赵 |
Zhào |
surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前赵 (304–329) and Later Zhao 后赵 (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms |
| 赵 |
zhào |
to surpass (old) |