得而复失
得而复失
dé ér fù shī
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 得而復失
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- (verb, idiom) to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
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Related Words
取长补短(qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn)— lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
→失之东隅，收之桑榆(shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú)— to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)— lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
→偏偏(piān piān)— (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately
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