完璧归赵

完璧歸趙

wánbì-guīzhào

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Meanings

HSK 2

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.

HSK 7-9

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》: 蔺相如 saved the famous 和氏璧 from being stolen by the Qin king and brought it back to the state of Zhao undamaged.

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赵 Zhào