得而復失

Chinese
 
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); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
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

Idiom

得而復失

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

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