失之東隅，收之桑榆

shīzhīdōngyú,shōuzhīsāngyú

lose in the east and gain in the west—make up on the roundabouts what one loses on the swings

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shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2

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

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失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆 [shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú] ► to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss ► what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts