Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.

Catch not at shadow and lose the substance.

勿抓影子而失去实质;不要舍本逐末.

I should not recommend this kind of job to anyone; you get more kicks than halfpennies.

我不想把这样的工作介绍给任何人, 这种事是得不偿失的.

It's not worthwhile for you to write a sequel because the original work is good enough.

你这么做是续貂,得不偿失的.

Then , the efforts we have made to relieve our economic difficulties will be in vain.

我们为纾缓香港经济困境所做的一切,都会得不偿失.

Eventually, they will become frustrated and their teaching performance may be adversely affected.

不但士气受挫,也可能影响教学表现, 得不偿失.

The loss outweights the gain bad cough up!

得不偿失就不好咯!

Do not pay too dear for your whistle.

勿以高价购买毫无价值的东西(勿做得不偿失之事).

You pay too dearly for your whistle.

得不偿失.

He kill the goose that lay the golden egg.

杀鸡取蛋,得不偿失.

She's always the scapegoat when anything goes wrong.

出错时她总要代人受过.

They are having a discussion about the name of the new shop.

他们正在商量给即将开张的店起名儿的事.

Jane entitled her maiden work Sense and Sensibility.

简把她的处女作定名为《理智与情感》.

Formally registered as the " Ebenezer School and Home for the Blind " under the Education Ordinance.

正式定名为 [ 心光书院]并于教育署注册.

Shakespeare titled his play A Mid-Summer Night's Dream.

莎士比亚把他的剧本定名为《仲夏夜之梦》.

Rome, Georgia was named in 1834.

乔治亚州的罗马于1834年定名.

Experts give a name to this mysterious situation, colony collapse disorder.

专家给这种奇异难解的现象定名为:蜂群崩坏症候群.

Since the late Qing law reform, we began our journey of law modernization.

自从清末变法之时, 我国便开始了法现代化的征程.

Wang Chuan-shans law making , law executing law changing, are law abiding law idea.

王船山的立法、执法、变法 、 守法等法律思想是王船山法律思想的几个核心议题.

Wang Anshi and initiated new policies.

王安石变法,推行新政.

Reading old newspaper can help us to broaden the scale of historical researches.

对报纸资料的研读,能够扩大对维新运动的研究范围.