HSK 3.0 Vocabulary
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HSK 7–9 · Practice

得不偿失

débùchángshī

the gain does not make up for the loss; not worth the cost

为了省几块钱跑那么远,真是得不偿失。

Wèile shěng jǐ kuài qián pǎo nàme yuǎn, zhēnshi débùchángshī。

Running that far to save a few yuan really isn't worth it.

← 稻草dàocǎo 得当dédàng →
不 bù not (negation) 不客气 bú kèqi you're welcome; not polite 不要 búyào do not (ask somebody to not do something) 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry; excuse me 觉得 juéde to think; to feel 不错 búcuò not bad; pretty good 不好意思 bù hǎoyìsi embarrassed; excuse me, sorry to trouble you 得 de particle linking a verb to its complement 记得 jìde to remember; to recall 不但 búdàn not only 不见 bújiàn to be missing; to not see 不久 bùjiǔ soon; before long
HSK 3.0 Vocabulary

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