得不偿失 (得不償失) dé bù cháng shī
dé bù cháng shī
set phrase
the gains do not make up for the losses
Domain: Idiom 成语
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '得不償失'; Guoyu '得不償失')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (2) 佛教與自然生態（下） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
- The Meaning of Rest 休息的意義 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 5 - Gas Station of Life 《迷悟之間(五)人生加油站》 — count: 1
- Steps in Studying Buddhism - Part 6: The Five Contemplations 學佛的次第 第六篇 五停心觀 Buddhism Series 1 - Doctrine 《佛教叢書1－教理》 — count: 1
- Scroll 4: Teaching and Study - Courting Disaster 卷四 教導後學 招殃 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》 — count: 1
- Chapter 3: Unbounded Creativity - Speed 卷三 創意無限 ■速度 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 8 - The World's Energy 《人間萬事8－人間的能源》 — count: 1
- Chapter 2: The Language of Non-Contention - Compromise 卷二 無諍的語言 妥協 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 7 - A Footprint with Every Step 《人間萬事7－一步一腳印》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 33 - Pleasure is Empty 星雲日記33～享受空無 享受空無(1995/2/1～1995/2/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 1
- Canonical Evidence for Humanistic Buddhism (Recorded in at Total of 28 Kinds of Canonical Text) - A Path to Sustain a Good Reputation 人間佛教的經證(共收錄二十八種經典) ■獲好名聲之道 Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》 — count: 1
- Lecture 5: Five Years of Precept Learning 第五講．五年學戒 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》 — count: 1
- Plant Roots 植 本 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 10 - Management Trilogy 《迷悟之間(十)管理三部曲》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 真是得不偿失 (真是得不償失) 真是得不償失 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 9 - It's Lonely at the Top 《迷悟之間(九)高處不勝寒》, A Thousand Years at the Dining Table 飯桌千秋 — count: 7