# 得不偿失 (débùchángshī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 得不偿失 (débùchángshī) means “not worth the loss”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: not worth the loss
- Pinyin: débùchángshī (de2 bu4 chang2 shi1)
- Traditional: 得不償失
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 为了省一点钱而累坏身体，真是得不偿失。
  Wèile shěng yìdiǎn qián ér lèihuài shēntǐ, zhēnshì débùchángshī.
  Ruining your health to save a little money is really not worth the loss.

## Characters

- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- 偿 (cháng): to repay; to compensate for
- 失 (shī): to lose; to miss

https://hanziro.com/word/de-bu-chang-shi-not-worth-loss/

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