得而复失
Traditional form:
得而復失
Pinyin (reading):
dé'érfùshī
Definitions:
- to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
Characters:
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 复 - again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
- 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
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