完璧归赵

完璧歸趙

wánbì-guīzhào

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Meanings

你借的书我下周完璧归赵。

Nǐ jiè de shū wǒ xiàzhōu wánbìguīzhào.

I'll return the book you lent me intact next week.

他保证会把这件文物完璧归赵。

Tā bǎozhèng huì bǎ zhè jiàn wénwù wánbìguīzhào.

He promised he would return this cultural relic safely to its owner.

history

From 《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》: Lin Xiangru saved the famous He Shi Bi (和氏璧) from being stolen by the Qin king and brought it back to the state of Zhao undamaged.

完 wán

璧 bì

归 guī

赵 Zhào