得不偿失

Domain: 汉英简明词典

be not worth the candle get more kicks than halfpence

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Domain: 汉英简明词典

be not worth the candle get more kicks than halfpence

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得不偿失Chinese›UyghurMain Dictionary 得不偿失Chinese›UyghurGetWord Corpus

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得不偿失