得而復失
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Chinese[edit]
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 |
and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate |
to lose; to miss; to fail | ||
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trad. (得而復失) | 得 | 而 | 復 | 失 | |
simp. (得而复失) | 得 | 而 | 复 | 失 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
得而復失
- to lose something after one had gained possession of it