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得不償失. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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get; obtain; gain 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
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to compensate; pay back; to recompense
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to lose; to miss; to fail
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| trad. (得不償失)
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得
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不
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償
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失
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| simp. (得不偿失)
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得
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不
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偿
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失
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Pronunciation
Idiom
得不償失
- the loss outweighs the gain; to do more harm than good