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吃亏上当

chī kuī shàng dàng

4-character word Traditional 吃虧上當

What 吃亏上当 means

1. to be taken advantage of

The characters in 吃亏上当

• 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
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

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