楚弓楚得chǔ gōng chǔ déwhat one lost won’t be picked up by any outsider [king of Chu 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]/丢了就丢了吧，～，不用找了。What’s lost is lost. What we lost won’t be picked up by any outsiders,so just leave it at that. 楚弓楚得chǔ ɡōnɡ chǔ dé比喻自己的东西虽然丢失，但拾到者却是自家人。one loses his bow but his fellow finds it, profit does not only flow |