失而复得
shī'ér​fù​dé

to regain what was lost

  • created sense approved 失而复得/失而復得 · shī'ér​fù​dé · to regain what was lost — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    失而复得 / 失而復得

    shī'ér​fù​dé

    to regain what was lost

    To lose something and then find or recover it again

    失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [resultative linker] 复 (literal) → 复/復 · fù · again 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense