the loss outweighs the gain

the loss outweighs the gain

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d é B ù ch á ngsh ī, which means that the gain can not compensate the loss. It comes from Su Shi of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Song Sushi's poem "He Zi you Chu RI Jian Ji" said: "when you feel the incident, you can't get what you lose."

Idiom story

Power wanted to send a partial teacher to take Yizhou and zhuya, all of which were considered to be inferior. The inferior said: "I believe that the four seas are uncertain, so I need the people's strength to help the current affairs. In the past few years, we have seen the loss of the public. Your majesty is worried. Forget sleep and food, will far rule Yizhou, in order to set the event, I think again and again. If we don't see the benefits, we will take them from thousands of miles. The storm is unpredictable, and the people are easy to get water and soil, which will lead to diseases. Today, we will drive the public to see the benefits, but we can't get rid of them. If we want to get more benefits, we will get worse. Moreover, the Pearl cliff is extremely dangerous. The people are just like beasts. They can't help the people, and they can't help the people. Today, when we see people in the east of the Yangtze River, we should be self-sufficient, but we should be able to move our ears after the animal power. In the past, Wang Huan created a foundation, and his army was not a brigade. Your majesty, the river table. When the officials heard that they had to fight for rebellion, they had to fight for power. Farming, mulberry, clothing and food were the basic business of the people. If you think that it is appropriate to cultivate the people, to be generous with the Fu of your ancestors, to be reconciled with the masses, and to be righteous in persuading the brave, then the river can be leveled and the nine rivers can be unified. "The right to expropriate Yizhou will not make up for the loss. And Gongsun yuan back League, power to levy. Sun Shangshu said: "yuan, relying on danger and solidity, detains the ambassador. If he does not offer a famous horse, he can really be resentful. He refused to disobey the king's master, and even made his majesty aeges angry. He wanted to cross the sea, regardless of the danger. Today, the world is full of clouds, tigers and heroes. His Majesty's posture of martial arts, salivating for the period of luck, break through the Wulin, defeat the Xiling, bird feather Jingzhou, Si Sanlu is the hero of the time. It's all over the edge. Sheng Hua Suo Sui, Wan Li Cao Yan, Fang Ping Hua Xia, general one big you. Today, I can't bear to be angry, but I am angry. I disobey the precepts of chuitang and despise the importance of Wancheng. He who hears that his ambition is ten thousand li will stop if he doesn't hit the right path, and he who plans to go all over the world will be careful to do great harm. When the strong bandits are in the territory, they are not in court. Your majesty will go on an expedition by taking a boat. He will be worried and regretful. If the event is successful, the yuan will not beg for his own service. Now he cherishes all the people and horses in Liaodong. Why do he only want to donate the capital of Wan'an in Jiangdong instead of taking advantage of the six divisions of Qixi to win the victory, so as to set the midsummer as early as possible and shine in the future. "How can we use power.

Idiom usage

It refers to the imbalance of gain and loss. Example: Although Rao Hongsheng spent dozens of yuan in jingyangxuan, he understood a classic thing in Houyuan. A brief history of civilization by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] lose the big for the small and lose the big for the greedy