"Trade-off" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
 yǒu dé yǒu shī you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
 píng héng diǎn trade-off point
 lǐng tǔ jiāo huàn territorial trade-off / territorial swap
 cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng (idiom) one declines while the other flourishes / one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
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