shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú

Traditional: 失之東隅，收之桑榆

失之东隅，收之桑榆 (shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

Characters in 失之东隅，收之桑榆

失shī · to lose之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])东dōng · east隅yú · corner收shōu · to receive之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])桑sāng · (bound form) mulberry tree榆yú · elm

Related words

东西east and west东西thing之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind失去to lose之间(after a noun) between; among; amid收到to receive消失to disappear; to fade away收to receive失踪to be missing之一one of (sth)

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