







反朴归真 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to return to one's original simplicity”. To revert to one's true nature; to cast off embellishments and revert to the essential. Literally, “Revert to simplicity and return to truth/nature”.

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Open the tool →反朴归真 (fǎn pǔ guī zhēn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to return to one's original simplicity”.
反朴归真 is pronounced fǎn pǔ guī zhēn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 反朴归真 means “Revert to simplicity and return to truth/nature”. It is used to mean “to return to one's original simplicity”.
反:通“返”,回;朴:质朴;归:返回;真:天然,自然。去掉外饰,还其本质。比喻回复原来的自然状态。