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患得患失

Mandarin · pinyin huàn dé huàn shī

Meanings

  1. to worry about personal gains and losses
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患
huàn · suffer, worry about; suffering
得
dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
失
shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
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4–2–4–1 · huan4 de2 huan4 shi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waan6 dak1 waan6 sat1

Cantonese word readings for 患得患失. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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waan6 dak1 waan6 sat1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. to be mean; to be tight-fisted
  2. to be overcautious; to tend to avoid risks

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