有得有失
yǒu dé yǒu shī
Pinyin
Definition
有得有失
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- you win some, you lose some (idiom)
- gains and losses
- trade-off
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to obtain
- 2 to get
- 3 to gain
- 4 to catch (a disease)
- 5 proper
- 6 suitable
- 7 proud
- 8 contented
- 9 to allow
- 10 to permit
- 11 ready
- 12 finished
- 1 to have
- 2 there is
- 3 there are
- 4 to exist
- 5 to be
- 1 haven't
- 2 hasn't
- 3 doesn't exist
- 4 to not have
- 5 to not be
- 1 to obtain
- 2 to receive
- 3 to get
- 1 to think
- 2 to feel
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一举两得
- 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight