to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss; what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
trad. 失之東隅，收之桑榆
Also written 失之東隅，收之桑榆【shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú】
Characters in this word
7失
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to lose, to miss, to fail
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7657 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
隅
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corner
- Pinyin
- yú
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 28020 of 2500
收
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to receive, to accept, to collect, to put away, to restrain, to stop, in care of (used on address line after name)
- Pinyin
- shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2048 of 2500
桑
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surname Sang
- Pinyin
- Sāng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8967 of 2500
榆
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elm
- Pinyin
- yú
- Strokes
- 13