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Meanings
to lose (money); to have a deficit
to be deficient
to treat unfairly
luckily; fortunately; thanks to
(used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
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Words with 亏 103 total
to suffer losses · to come to grief · to lose out · to get the worst of it · to be at a disadvantage · unfortunately吃亏chī kuīin the wrong理亏lǐ kuīshortfall in production亏产kuī chǎnto treat sb unfairly亏待kuī dàito be lacking · to fall short of · to wane · deficit · deficient亏缺kuī quēto make a capital loss亏折kuī zhéto make good a deficit · to reverse a loss扭亏niǔ kuīfortunately · luckily幸亏xìng kuīwaning moon · to wane月亏yuè kuī
Idioms with 亏 14 total Chain
to be forced to suffer in silence · unable to speak of one's bitter suffering吃哑巴亏chī yǎ ba kuīlit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful · to fail through lack of a final effort · to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)功亏一篑gōng kuī yī kuìa wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)好汉不吃眼前亏hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
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