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得不償失

dé bù cháng shī

C1–C2 Level 7

得不償失 (dé bù cháng shī) is a Chinese word meaning “the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)

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Related words at this level

道義倒影盜賊倒轉得逞得當得道得了

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).