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駄目で元々
Hiragana
だめでもともと
Phrase
Japanese Meaning
失敗しても失うものがないので、とりあえずやってみる価値があるという考え方を表す表現。 / 結果は期待できないが、挑戦しても損はないという意味合いで使われるフレーズ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
うまくいかなくても まえより ひどくならないので とりあえず やってみると いう かんがえかた
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
试试无妨 / 反正不行也不亏 / 不会更差，值得一试
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
反正沒損失 / 不試白不試 / 試了也不會更糟
Korean Meaning
안 되면 본전이다 / 해봐서 손해 볼 게 없다 / 밑져야 본전
Indonesian
tidak ada ruginya mencoba / gagal pun tidak memperburuk keadaan / toh kalau gagal, kembali seperti semula
Vietnamese Meaning
Thử cũng chẳng mất gì / Cứ thử, không được cũng như cũ / Liều thử, không được cũng chẳng sao
Tagalog Meaning
Wala namang mawawala. / Walang masama kung susubukan. / Kahit pumalpak, hindi na lalala ang sitwasyon.
Sense（1）
There is nothing to lose; You can try something because even if you fail it will not make your situation any worse.
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There is nothing to lose; You can try something because even if you fail it will not make your situation any worse.
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駄目で元々
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Since he had nothing to lose, he started a new business thinking it was a lost cause to begin with.
Since he had nothing to lose, he started a new business thinking it was a lost cause to begin with.
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彼はすでに失うものがないので、駄目で元々と思って新しいビジネスを始めました。
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