得不償失

See also: 得不偿失

Chinese

		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	to compensate; pay back; to recompense	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (得不償失)		得	不	償	失
simp. (得不偿失)		得	不	偿	失

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): débùchángshī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ bat¹ soeng⁴ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: débùchángshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derbucharngshy
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ bat¹ soeng⁴ sat¹
  - Yale: dāk bāt sèuhng sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ bat⁷ soeng⁴ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ bed¹ sêng⁴ sed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sœ̽ːŋ²¹ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

得不償失

the loss outweighs the gain; to do more harm than good

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