失而复得 — Chinese idiom
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
Traditional: 失而復得
Meaning
- to lose sth and then regain it
Character by character
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 复fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
Idioms sharing a character
- 北叟失马 běi sǒu shī mǎ
- 千虑一失 qiān lǜ yī shī
- 丧魂失魄 sàng hún shī pò
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
- 坐失机宜 zuò shī jī yí
- 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
- 塞翁失马 sài wēng shī mǎ
- 大惊失色 dà jīng shī sè
- 失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò
- 如有所失 rú yǒu suǒ shī
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