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得不偿失

Word

what you get is less than what you lose

Traditional
得不償失

dé bù cháng shī

de2bu4chang2shi1HSK 7–9

Meaning

  1. what you get is less than what you lose
  2. not worth it; more bad than good

Examples

  • 不睡觉打游戏，得不偿失。

    bù shuì jiào dǎ yóu xì dé bù cháng shī

    Not sleeping so you can play games is not worth it.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 买太便宜的东西，得不偿失。

    mǎi tài biàn yí de dōng xi dé bù cháng shī

    Buying things that are too cheap is not worth it.

    AI-generated sentence

Characters in 得不偿失

得dé不bù偿cháng失shī
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