得不偿失
HSK 6 · Proficient
得不偿失 Stroke Order: How to Write 得不偿失
- Pinyin
- dé bù cháng shī
- Meaning
- the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
- Total strokes
- 31
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
11 strokes得 — 11 strokes
Radical: 彳 chì (to step with the left foot)
Strokes in order
- 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 2.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 5.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 6.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 7.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 9.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 10.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 11.点diǎn · Dot stroke
不 — 4 strokes
Radical: 一 yī (one)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.捺nà · Right-falling stroke
偿 — 11 strokes
Radical: 亻 rén (man, person)
Strokes in order
- 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 3.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 4.点diǎn · Dot stroke
- 5.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 6.竖shù · Vertical stroke
- 7.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
- 8.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 9.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 10.撇折piě zhé · Left-falling turning stroke
- 11.点diǎn · Dot stroke
失 — 5 strokes
Radical: 大 dà (big, great, vast, high, deep)
Strokes in order
- 1.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 2.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 3.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 4.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 5.捺nà · Right-falling stroke