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多亏

duō kuī

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 多虧

What 多亏 means

1. thanks to
2. luckily

The characters in 多亏

• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly

Example sentences

• 多亏你我胃口都没了。
  Duōkuī nǐ wǒ wèikǒu dōu méile.
  Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.
• 多亏了你，我还活着。
  I owe it you that I am still alive.
• 多亏了冷夏，啤酒卖的不好。
  Thanks to a cold summer, beer has sold poorly.
• 多亏有了他，我们才能在这里。
  We're here thanks to him.
• 多亏了这场大雨，蔬菜价格直线上升。
  Due to the heavy rain, vegetable prices have risen.
• 多亏了顺风，我们很快就到了那个小岛。
  Duōkuī le shùnfēng, wǒmen hěn kuài jiù dào le nàge xiǎodǎo.
  Thanks to the favorable wind, we soon reached the island.