dé​bù​bǔ​shī

to lose more than one gains

  • created reference approved 得不补失/得不補失 → 得不偿失/得不償失 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得不补失 / 得不補失 dé​bù​bǔ​shī

    得不偿失 / 得不償失 dé​bù​cháng​shī

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 得不补失/得不補失 → 得不酬失 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得不补失 / 得不補失 dé​bù​bǔ​shī

    得不酬失 dé​bù​chóu​shī

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    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 得不补失/得不補失 · dé​bù​bǔ​shī · to lose more than one gains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得不补失 / 得不補失

    dé​bù​bǔ​shī

    to lose more than one gains

    to gain less than what one has lost; used to describe a situation where the effort or cost outweighs the result

    得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 补 (literal) → 补/補 · bǔ · to supplement 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose

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

    created sense