有所得必有所失
yǒu​suǒ​dé​bì​yǒu​suǒ​shī

no gain without loss

  • created sense approved 有所得必有所失 · yǒu​suǒ​dé​bì​yǒu​suǒ​shī · no gain without loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有所得必有所失

    yǒu​suǒ​dé​bì​yǒu​suǒ​shī

    no gain without loss

    there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal (idiom)

    有所 (literal) → 有所 · yǒu​suǒ · somewhat 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 有所 (literal) → 有所 · yǒu​suǒ · somewhat 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose

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

    created sense