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患得患失
huàn dé huàn shī
What 患得患失 means
- to worry about personal gains and losses
The characters in 患得患失
- 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
- 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
- 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
- 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
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