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Meaning of 得而复失

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ér shī (Trad.: 得而復失)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
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1
Thats not the way I meant it. You said ten minutes. Its having a thing and the loss Im talking about.
2
She said: "We do not want to see the ground we have gained lost.
3
Without anyone having contacted her, she should be an orphan. I don't want to end up losing her.
4
Short of this precondition, development will be out of the question, and the hard-won achievements will be lost again," he stressed.
5
Once any area had been occupied, troops had to be kept there or the Revolutionaries would regain control, and these troops were thus unavailable for further offensive operations.