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有所得必有所失

yǒu suǒ dé bì yǒu suǒ shī

7-character word

What 有所得必有所失 means

1. there is no gain without a loss (idiom)
2. there is no such thing as a free meal

The characters in 有所得必有所失

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail