汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 得而复失
得而复失 (得而復失)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
复 Again / Just got it and lost it
复又,再。刚得到又失去了。
dé/děi/de ér () fù shī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我不是这个意思。你说的是十分钟。而我说的是得而复失

Thats not the way I meant it. You said ten minutes. Its having a thing and the loss Im talking about.

上面刻下的是秦献公十一年作的十首四言诗,是我国最早的刻石文字,经过失而复得,得而复失

Qin Xian above the public right now is eleven years for the 10 four-character poetry is the Stele of China's earliest writing, after regained, lost it.