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亡戟得矛
wáng​jǐ​dé​máo

to lose one thing but gain another

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亡戟得矛 wáng​jǐ​dé​máo
to lose one thing but gain another
(idiom) to lose a halberd but gain a spear; a metaphor for things balancing out or having both gains and losses