有所得必有所失

Traditional form:

有所得必有所失

Pinyin (reading):

yǒusuǒdébìyǒusuǒshī

Definitions:

• there is no gain without a loss (idiom)
• there is no such thing as a free meal

Characters:

• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

Traditional characters:

• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect