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吃亏

chī kuī

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 吃虧

What 吃亏 means

1. to suffer losses
2. to come to grief
3. to lose out
4. to get the worst of it
5. to be at a disadvantage
6. unfortunately

The characters in 吃亏

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly

Words starting with 吃亏

• 吃亏上当chī kuī shàng dàngto be taken advantage of

Words containing 吃亏

• 货比三家不吃亏huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuīshop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
• 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
• 货问三家不吃亏huò wèn sān jiā bù chī kuīsee 货比三家不吃亏