Definition
吃亏 (chī kuī) means 'to suffer a loss or be at a disadvantage' in a broad sense — financial, social, or in a deal. It's more general than 亏损 (financial deficit) or 亏本 (losing capital in business), and different from 亏待 (mistreating someone) or 失利 (losing a competition). Note that 吃亏 is a separable verb: you can say 吃了亏 or 吃大亏.
verb
to suffer lossesto be at a disadvantageto come to griefto get the worst of it
Examples
- ，吃亏。Tā tài lǎoshi, zǒng shì chī kuī.He is too honest and always suffers losses.
- 。Zhè cì hézuò wǒmen chī le yí gè dà kuī.We suffered a big loss in this cooperation.
- 吃亏。Zuò shēngyi yǒu shíhou pà chī kuī jiù zuò bù chéng.In business, sometimes if you're afraid of being at a disadvantage, you won't succeed.
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