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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: débùchángshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: débùchángshih
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-pu⁴-chʻang²-shih¹
    • Yale: dé-bù-cháng-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derbucharngshy
    • Palladius: дэбучанши (dɛbučanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ bat¹ soeng⁴ sat¹
    • Yale: dāk bāt sèuhng sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ bat⁷ soeng⁴ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ bed¹ sêng⁴ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ²¹ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

得不償失

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