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

 收之桑榆 [ㄕㄡ ㄓ ㄙㄤ ㄩˊ; 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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