楚弓楚得

楚弓楚得 (chu3 gong1 chu3 de2)

楚弓楚得：楚王出游时遗失了弓箭，却不叫侍从去寻找，因为楚王认为他虽然在楚国丢了弓箭，但仍会由楚国人得到，并不算损失。见孔子家语·卷二·好生。後以楚弓楚得比喻利益不流失外溢。 (1)
the King of 楚 lost a bow and gave up the search, contenting himself with the thought that it was most probably found by one of his countrymen and therefore not a loss. (2)

求亦无得只道物归原主，舍亦无失，还是楚弓楚得。 (3)


(1) 《国语辞典》。
(2) 《当代汉英字典》，林语堂。
(3) 《俞平伯散文》，浙江文艺，2000。