得不偿失 débùchángshī in a sentence
The gains do not make up for the losses
得不偿失 (débùchángshī) means The gains do not make up for the losses. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
熬夜赶工往往 得不偿失 。
Áoyè gǎngōng wǎngwǎng dé bù cháng shī.
Working through the night to catch up usually costs more than it gains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
为省这点钱赔上健康，实在 得不偿失 。
Wèi shěng zhè diǎn qián péi shàng jiànkāng, shízài dé bù cháng shī.
Ruining your health to save this little money really is not worth it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
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How is 得不偿失 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 得不偿失 (débùchángshī, "The gains do not make up for the losses"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 得不偿失 an HSK word?
Yes — 得不偿失 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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