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吃虧

hek3 kwai1

chi1 kui1

to take a loss; to suffer misfortune; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Cant.: 蝕底; 輸蝕

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,740,000

吃虧 / 吃亏

吃 hek3 hat1 chi1 {ji2} - eat (Mandarin)
虧 kwai1 kui1 - [1] [v] lose; fail; damage; have deficit [2] [

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This word was added by tym on 26th Mar 2005 and last edited on 10th Nov 2007

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