Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words吃虧

WordTOCFL Level 4stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #11,880

吃虧

chīkuī·ㄔㄎㄨㄟ

“to suffer a loss; to be at a disadvantage; to get the worst of it; to come to grief”

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to eat; to consume; to absorb; to take in; to suffer; to be defeated; to capture (in a game); to swallow

kuī·ㄎㄨㄟ

to lose money or suffer a deficit; to be deficient or lacking; to be treated unfairly; luckily or fortunately; to let down or fail someone.