有所得必有所失 Save Sign in to save words yǒusuǒdébìyǒusuǒshī ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕ there is no gain without a loss (idiom) there is no such thing as a free meal Character by character 有(yǒu)have 所(suǒ)actually 得(dé)get 必(bì)certainly 有(yǒu)have 所(suǒ)actually 失(shī)lose A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0