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得不偿失
dé bù cháng shī
What 得不偿失 means
- the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
The characters in 得不偿失
- 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
- 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
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