Read Edit View history 收之桑榆 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 失之东隅，收之桑榆 (失之東隅，收之桑榆) shīzhīdōngyú, shōuzhīsāngyú compensate for loss to suffer a loss in one place or time but make it up in another; to compensate later for an earlier setback Frequency Written text 0.128 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
失之东隅，收之桑榆 (失之東隅，收之桑榆) shīzhīdōngyú, shōuzhīsāngyú compensate for loss to suffer a loss in one place or time but make it up in another; to compensate later for an earlier setback Frequency Written text 0.128 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)