患得患失
患得患失
huàn dé huàn shī
to worry about personal gains and losses
verb
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- (verb) to worry about personal gains and losses
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Related Words
不怕不识货，只怕货比货(bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò)— lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
→不怕不识货，就怕货比货(bù pà bù shí huò , jiù pà huò bǐ huò)— lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
→不恤人言(bù xù rén yán)— not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
→不患寡而患不均(bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn)— do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
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