虧 kuī

lose, fail; damage; deficient

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

不做虧心事，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，吃虧在眼前 bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
功虧一簣 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)
吃啞巴虧 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
吃大虧 chī dà kuī to cost one dearly; to end disastrously; to pay bitterly
吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately
吃虧上當 chī kuī shàng dàng to be taken advantage of
啞巴虧 yǎ ba kuī pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily
好漢不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
平生不做虧心事，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.
幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily
得虧 děi kuī luckily; fortunately
扭虧 niǔ kuī to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss
暗虧 àn kuī hidden loss (finance)
月虧 yuè kuī waning moon; to wane
有虧職守 yǒu kuī zhí shǒu (to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
理虧 lǐ kuī in the wrong
盈虧 yíng kuī profit and loss; waxing and waning
盈虧自負 yíng kuī zì fù responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility
自知理虧 zì zhī lǐ kuī to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
自負盈虧 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization); financially autonomous; personal financial responsibility
虧待 kuī dài to treat sb unfairly
虧得 kuī de fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
虧心 kuī xīn a guilty conscience
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