得不偿失 débùchángshī HSK7 not worth the effort Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 得不偿失 得不償失 débùchángshī not worth the effort the gains do not make up for the losses; more is lost than gained; also written as 得不补失 débùbǔshī or 得不酬失 débùchóushī Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 2.05 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Variant of 得不补失 débùbǔshī得不酬失 débùchóushīSynonym 赔本 péiběn明珠弹雀 míngzhūtánquè随珠弹雀 suízhūtánquè Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
得不偿失 得不償失 débùchángshī not worth the effort the gains do not make up for the losses; more is lost than gained; also written as 得不补失 débùbǔshī or 得不酬失 débùchóushī Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 2.05 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Variant of 得不补失 débùbǔshī得不酬失 débùchóushīSynonym 赔本 péiběn明珠弹雀 míngzhūtánquè随珠弹雀 suízhūtánquè Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
