亏 kuī

lose, fail; damage; deficient

HSK 5 #1738

DEFINITIONS

亏 kuī
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • luckily
  • it's lucky that...
  • (often ironically) fancy that...

STROKES

WORDS

多亏 duō kuī
HSK 5
thanks to; luckily
幸亏 xìng kuī
HSK 5
fortunately; luckily
吃亏 chī kuī
HSK 5
to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately
亏待 kuī dài
HSK 6
to treat sb unfairly
亏损 kuī sǔn
HSK 6
deficit; (financial) loss
亏欠 kuī qiàn to fall short of; to have a deficit; deficit; deficiency
功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. 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)
亏本 kuī běn to make a loss
亏空 kuī kōng in debt; in the red; in deficit
亏心事 kuī xīn shì shameful deed
盈亏 yíng kuī profit and loss; waxing and waning
亏得 kuī de fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
理亏 lǐ kuī in the wrong
吃哑巴亏 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
自负盈亏 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility
不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 bù zuò kuī xīn shì ， bù pà guǐ qiāo mén He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience.
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
吃大亏 chī dà kuī to cost one dearly; to end disastrously; to pay bitterly
吃亏上当 chī kuī shàng dàng to be taken advantage of
哑巴亏 yǎ ba kuī pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
好汉不吃眼前亏 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì ， bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience.
得亏 děi kuī luckily; fortunately
扭亏 niǔ kuī to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss
暗亏 àn kuī hidden loss (finance)
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