吃亏

chī kuīㄔㄎㄨㄟ

Sino-Vietnamese: NGẬT KHUY

Traditional: 吃虧

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 7–9TOCFL 4

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Meaning(adjective, verb)

to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately

Saying: 吃亏是福. Separable: 吃了大亏 (lost big).

他太老实了，经常吃亏。
tā tài lǎo shí le, jīng cháng chī kuī.
He's too honest and often gets the short end of the stick.
这次买卖我们吃亏了。
zhè cì mǎi mài wǒ men chī kuī le.
We lost out on this deal.
不懂外语，出国旅行很吃亏。
bù dǒng wài yǔ, chū guó lǚ xíng hěn chī kuī.
Not knowing a foreign language puts you at a disadvantage abroad.

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CẬT · 6 strokes

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

KHUY · 3 strokes

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