得不償失

• Pinyin: dé bù cháng shī
• English Definitions: the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
• Notes: Classifiers: Other transcriptions: numeric: de2 bu4 chang2 shi1, wadegiles: te² pu⁴ ch'ang² shih¹, bopomofo: ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ, romatzyh: der buh charng shy