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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 失之東隅，收之桑榆 [ㄕ ㄓ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄩˊ , ㄕㄡ ㄓ ㄙㄤ ㄩˊ; shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2]
 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
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