亏

Meaning(verb, verbal noun, vocab.word.pos.g)

deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...

吃亏 = to lose out; 幸亏 = fortunately.

Examples

• 这次生意亏了不少钱。

  zhè cì shēng yì kuī le bù shǎo qián.

  We lost quite a lot of money on this deal.

• 亏了你提醒我，不然我就忘了。

  kuī le nǐ tí xǐng wǒ, bù rán wǒ jiù wàng le.

  Luckily you reminded me, or I'd have forgotten.

• 你放心，我们不会让你吃亏的。

  nǐ fàng xīn, wǒ men bú huì ràng nǐ chī kuī de.

  Don't worry, we won't let you lose out.

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