失之东隅，收之桑榆

shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú

Definitions

1. to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
2. to compensate later for one's earlier loss
3. what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

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Child Words of 失之东隅，收之桑榆

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

to receive

east

to lose

shōu zhī sāng yú

see 失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆[shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú]

(bound form) mulberry tree

elm

corner