Read Edit View history 得不酬失 débùchóushī the gain does not make up for the loss Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 得不酬失 débùchóushī the gain does not make up for the loss The cost or effort put into something is greater than the resulting benefit; more is lost than gained. Edit Delete References Add reference same_as 得不酬失/得不酬失 → 得不偿失/得不償失 Edit Delete same_as 得不酬失/得不酬失 → 得不补失/得不補失 Edit Delete variant 得不偿失/得不償失 → 得不酬失/得不酬失 Edit Delete same_as 得不补失/得不補失 → 得不酬失/得不酬失 Edit Delete
得不酬失 débùchóushī the gain does not make up for the loss The cost or effort put into something is greater than the resulting benefit; more is lost than gained. Edit Delete