收之桑榆

shōu zhī sāng yú

see 失之東隅,收之桑榆|失之东隅,收之桑榆[shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2]

收

shōu

to receive

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

桑

sāng

(bound form) mulberry tree

榆

yú

elm