失之東隅，收之桑榆

to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

to lose / to miss / to fail

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

corner

to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)

surname Sang

(bound form) mulberry tree

old variant of 桑[sang1]

see 失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆[shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2]

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