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得失

dé shī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

得失 (dé shī) means "gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 得失 means

1. gains and losses
2. success and failure
3. merits and demerits

The characters in 得失

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail

Words containing 得失

• 成败得失chéng bài dé shīlit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dé shī correctly.
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