"밑져야 본전이다" meaning in Korean

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"even with a financial loss, to still have the principal\". The verb 밑지다 (mitjida) explicitly means \"to make a financial loss so that one has less than the principal\". The idiom thereby implies that the subject really has no money at all to begin with.",
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      "form": "mitjeoya bonjeon-ida",
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        "to have nothing to lose (said when beginning a new enterprise, etc.)"
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      "ipa": "[mit̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ja̠ po̞ɲd͡ʑʌ̹nida̠]",
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
    {
      "hangeul": "믿쩌야본저니다"
    },
    {
      "other": "[믿쩌야본저니다]"
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  "word": "밑져야 본전이다"
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      "form": "mitjeoya bonjeon-ida",
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        "to have nothing to lose (said when beginning a new enterprise, etc.)"
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      "hangeul": "믿쩌야본저니다"
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      "other": "[믿쩌야본저니다]"
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  "word": "밑져야 본전이다"
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