得而復失

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	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
trad. (得而復失)		得	而	復	失
simp. (得而复失)		得	而	复	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dé'érfùshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ ji⁴ fuk⁶ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dé'érfùshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dé-érfùshih
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-êrh²-fu⁴-shih¹
    • Yale: dé-ér-fù-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dererlfuhshy
    • Palladius: дээрфуши (dɛerfuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ fu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ ji⁴ fuk⁶ sat¹
    • Yale: dāk yìh fuhk sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ ji⁴ fuk⁹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ yi⁴ fug⁶ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ fʊk̚² sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

得而復失

1. to lose something after one had gained possession of it

Antonyms

• 失而復得／失而复得 (shī'érfùdé)