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Open the tool →大璞不完 (tài pú bù wán) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to lose one's original, unadorned nature or integrity”.
大璞不完 is pronounced tài pú bù wán in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 大璞不完 means “the great unpolished jade is no longer whole”. It is used to mean “to lose one's original, unadorned nature or integrity”.
指玉既经雕琢,就失去了天然的形态。旧时比喻读书人做了官,丧失了原来的志向。