shīzhīㄉㄨㄥdōngˊㄕㄡshōuzhīㄙㄤsāngˊ

  1. 東隅日出早晨桑榆日落晚上比喻雖然一方面損失一方面有成後漢書··》:垂翅谿可謂失之東隅,收之桑榆。」冷眼·》:誰知那個猶自賊心失之東隅,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