half gained but half lost(dé shī xiāng bàn)

half gained but half lost

In Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d é sh à Xi à NGB à n, which means half of what is gained and half of what is lost. It comes from the biography of Quan Cong in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Notes on Idioms

Gain and loss: gain and loss.

The origin of Idioms

Chen Shou of the Jin Dynasty wrote in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu and Quan Cong Zhuan: "today, when we divide our forces to capture the people, we get half the gain and half the loss. How can we call it complete?"

Idiom usage

To be equal to or equal to. I don't know what it means. It's not like Shicheng has half the gains and half the losses. Yueke, Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : dé shī xiāng bàn