得不偿失
débùchángshī
cost exceeds benefit
HSK 6 word · 473 of 2499得不偿失 in a sentence
- tā huā liǎng wàn yuán mǎi xià zhè tào èr shǒu shū jiéguǒ fāxiàn dà bùfen shì jué bǎn yǐng yìn běn zhēn shì débùchángshīHe spent twenty thousand yuan on this secondhand book collection, only to discover most were pirated reprints—definitely not worth it.
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