kuī

lose, fail; damage; deficient

DEFINITIONS

  • lose, fail
  • damage
  • deficient
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • luckily
  • it's lucky that...
  • (often ironically) fancy that...

WORDS

不做心事,不怕鬼敲門 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.
不聽老人言,吃在眼前 bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
一簣 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)
吃啞巴 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
吃大 chī dà kuī to cost one dearly; to end disastrously; to pay bitterly
chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately
上當 chī kuī shàng dàng to be taken advantage of
啞巴 yǎ ba kuī pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
duō kuī thanks to; luckily
好漢不吃眼前 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
平生不做心事,半夜敲門心不驚 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.
xìng kuī fortunately; luckily
děi kuī luckily; fortunately
niǔ kuī to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss
àn kuī hidden loss (finance)
yuè kuī waning moon; to wane
職守 yǒu kuī zhí shǒu (to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
lǐ kuī in the wrong
yíng kuī profit and loss; waxing and waning
自負 yíng kuī zì fù responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility
自知理 zì zhī lǐ kuī to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
自負盈 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility
待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly
得 kuī de fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
心 kuī xīn a guilty conscience
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