返璞歸真 in Chinese

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{
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Yan Chu is content with his own. He returns to the true condition of a human being — like uncarved jade. By this, nothing can ever debase him as long as he lives.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry"
      ],
      "ref": " Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Chù zhīzú yǐ. Guī zhēn fǎn pú, zé zhōngshēn bù rǔ.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "斶知足矣。歸真反璞，則終身不辱。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Yan Chu is content with his own. He returns to the true condition of a human being — like uncarved jade. By this, nothing can ever debase him as long as he lives.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry"
      ],
      "ref": " Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Chù zhīzú yǐ. Guī zhēn fǎn pú, zé zhōngshēn bù rǔ.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "斶知足矣。归真反璞，则终身不辱。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Zhanguo Ce (戰國策) Book XI, the fourth chapter on Qi (齊策四).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "返璞归真",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "反璞歸真"
    },
    {
      "form": "返樸歸真"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "返璞歸真",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to return to the original simple, unadorned state"
      ],
      "id": "en-返璞歸真-zh-phrase-N83TLcpe",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
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          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "simple",
          "simple"
        ],
        [
          "unadorned",
          "unadorned"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "歸真返璞／归真返璞"
        },
        {
          "word": "歸真返璞"
        },
        {
          "word": "归真返璞"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎnpúguīzhēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan² pok³ gwai¹ zan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎnpúguīzhēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎnpúgueijhen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan³-pʻu²-kuei¹-chên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎn-pú-gwēi-jēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faanpwugueijen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fanʹpugujčžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фаньпугуйчжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan² pok³ gwai¹ zan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fáan pok gwāi jān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan² pok⁸ gwai¹ dzan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan² pog³ guei¹ zen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn³⁵ pʰɔːk̚³ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "返璞歸真"
}

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{
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Yan Chu is content with his own. He returns to the true condition of a human being — like uncarved jade. By this, nothing can ever debase him as long as he lives.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry"
      ],
      "ref": " Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Chù zhīzú yǐ. Guī zhēn fǎn pú, zé zhōngshēn bù rǔ.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "斶知足矣。歸真反璞，則終身不辱。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Yan Chu is content with his own. He returns to the true condition of a human being — like uncarved jade. By this, nothing can ever debase him as long as he lives.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese poetry"
      ],
      "ref": " Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE",
      "roman": "Chù zhīzú yǐ. Guī zhēn fǎn pú, zé zhōngshēn bù rǔ.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "斶知足矣。归真反璞，则终身不辱。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Zhanguo Ce (戰國策) Book XI, the fourth chapter on Qi (齊策四).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "返璞归真",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "反璞歸真"
    },
    {
      "form": "返樸歸真"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 歸",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 璞",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 真",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 返",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
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      "glosses": [
        "to return to the original simple, unadorned state"
      ],
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        [
          "return",
          "return"
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        [
          "original",
          "original"
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        [
          "simple",
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          "unadorned",
          "unadorned"
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          "state",
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  "sounds": [
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎnpúguīzhēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan² pok³ gwai¹ zan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎnpúguīzhēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄆㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎnpúgueijhen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan³-pʻu²-kuei¹-chên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fǎn-pú-gwēi-jēn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faanpwugueijen"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fanʹpugujčžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фаньпугуйчжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan² pok³ gwai¹ zan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fáan pok gwāi jān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan² pok⁸ gwai¹ dzan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan² pog³ guei¹ zen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn³⁵ pʰɔːk̚³ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "歸真返璞／归真返璞"
    },
    {
      "word": "歸真返璞"
    },
    {
      "word": "归真返璞"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返璞歸真"
}

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"返璞歸真" meaning in Chinese

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