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[return sth to its owner in good condition] 将物品完整无损地归还原主
归赵 ( 歸趙 )guī zhào
[return sth. to its rightful owner] 把原物还给本人,语出“完璧归赵”
臣果住监司,牧守邻道謉遗不下数十万,恶以归赵,未敢分毫指染。——宋· 郑兴裔《请禁传謉疏》
完璧归赵 ( 完璧歸趙 )wán bì -guī zhào
[return a thing intact to the owner;return the jade to its state of Zhao] 出自战国故事。秦王许诺赵王以十五座城换取和氏璧,当使臣蔺相如献璧之后,秦王却不提换城之事,蔺相如施巧计使和氏璧重归赵国。今多指以原物归还其主
围魏救赵 ( 圍魏救趙 )wéi wèi -jiù zhào
[besiege Wei to rescure Zhao—relieve the besieged by besieging the base of the besiegers] 战国时,魏国围攻赵国都城,赵国向齐国求救,齐国乘魏国空虚,发兵攻魏,魏军回救本国,齐军乘其疲惫,在桂陵(今山东菏泽)大败魏军,赵国因而解围。后来用“围魏救赵”来指类似的作战方法