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得不償失

得不償失

See also: 得不偿失

Chinese

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get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to

!not; no; (negative prefix) !to compensate; pay back; to recompense !to lose; to miss; to fail |- !trad. (得不償失) | | | | |- !simp. (得不偿失) | | | | |}

Idiom

得不償失

  1. the loss outweighs the gain