得不偿失

Explanation: Compensation: worth. Interest income can not cover the losses suffered. 　　Usage: The main predicate; as predicate, object, attribute; containing derogatory 　　Source: Lu Song, "order": "worth the candle, wing does not cover ashamed." 　　Examples: While in the intensive Xuan Rao Hongsheng dozens of pieces of money wasted, in the fall after the park see a classic, can not say ~ a. (Qing Li Baojia "A Short History of Civilization," the fifty-third back) 　　Results: Eighty-five gun fight mosquitoes; caught lice ran cattle; slip did not throw the rice into 　　Postscript: Eighty-five gun fight mosquitoes; caught lice ran cattle; slip did not throw the rice into 　　Riddle: Pearl Sparrow missile Thesaurus:  lose [spoil] the ship for a ha'porth (=halfpennyworth) of tar, assign talented people for trivial tasks, Treasure Little use, Pearl Sparrow Missile, Niudingpengji, Chicken beef knife, Shunzhizhechang, Suizhudanque, draw it strong, (literally) to lose the hand in trying to save the fingers--to be penny- Antonym Group:  Move appointing, everyone can do his best, Renjinqicai, the right man in the right place, Wujinqiyong, Interpersonal Perception improve one's time, Volume before employ