Lingaku- to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
- to show poor judgment (idiom)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to show poor judgment (idiom)
This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone makes a decision that reflects a lack of wisdom or insight, particularly when they value something of lesser importance over something of great value.
tā他mǎi买le了yī一gě个huá lì华丽de的hé zi盒子，què却bǎ把zhēn zhū珍珠huán gěi还给mài jiā卖家，zhēn shi真是mǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠。
He bought a fancy box but returned the pearls to the seller, truly showing poor judgment.
bù yào不要yīn wèi因为wài biǎo外表hǎo kàn好看，jiù就bǎ把zhòng yào重要de的dōng xī东西fàng qì放弃，jué duì绝对shì是mǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的xíng wéi行为。
Don't give up on something important just because it looks good on the outside, it is definitely an act of poor judgment.
Generated collocations (experimental)
mǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠to show poor judgmentmǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的gù shì故事the story of buying a box and returning the pearlsmǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的jiào xun教训the lesson of poor judgmentmǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的lì zi例子an example of showing poor judgmentmǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的qǐ shì启示the enlightenment from poor judgmentzài在mǎi买dú椟Huán还zhū珠Zhōng中fǎn sī反思to reflect on the lesson of buying a box and returning pearlsmǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的jǐng shì警示the warning from making poor choicesjiē shòu接受mǎi dú huán zhū买椟还珠de的píng jià评价to accept the assessment of poor judgmentyǐ以mǎi买dú椟Huán还zhū珠wéi为jiàn鉴to take buying a box and returning pearls as a cautionary tale