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| Pronunciation |
: |
kuī |
|
| Meaning |
: |
- lose. (v)
- lack. (v)
- allow … to suffer losses. (v)
- luckily. (adv)
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| Radical |
: |
二 |
| Strokes |
: |
3 |
| Traditional |
: |
虧 ( Stroke Order ) |
| Usage |
: |
4.0% |
|
Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
|
|
: |
mischief; get the worse of it; come to grief; in an unfavourable situation |
| 3. |
|
|
: |
fortunately thanks to; luckily |
| 4. |
|
|
: |
lose one’s capital; suffer a loss |
Sentences:
| 1. His inability to speak French puts him at a disadvantage |
| tā |
bù |
huì |
shuō |
fǎ |
yǔ |
zhè |
shǐ |
tā |
hěn |
chī |
kuī |
。 |
| 他 |
不 |
会 |
说 |
法 |
语 |
这 |
使 |
他 |
很 |
吃 |
亏 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 不会 |
: |
don’t know |
| 说 |
: |
speak |
| 法语 |
: |
French |
| 这 |
: |
this |
| 使 |
: |
make |
| 他 |
: |
him |
| 很 |
: |
very |
| 吃亏 |
: |
in an unfavourable situation |
|
| 2. The company was losing a million pounds a week. |
| nà |
gōng |
sī |
yí |
gè |
xīng |
qī |
kuī |
sǔn |
le |
|
|
|
wàn |
yīng |
bàng |
。 |
| 那 |
公 |
司 |
一 |
个 |
星 |
期 |
亏 |
损 |
了 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
万 |
英 |
镑 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 那 |
: |
that |
| 公司 |
: |
company |
| 一 |
: |
one |
| 个 |
: |
measure word |
| 星期 |
: |
week |
| 亏损 |
: |
lose |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
| 100万 |
: |
1 million |
| 英镑 |
: |
pound |
|
| 3. How could you think up such a stupid idea? |
| zhè |
zhǒng |
làn |
zhǔ |
yi |
， |
kuī |
nǐ |
xiǎng |
de |
chū |
lái |
！ |
| 这 |
种 |
烂 |
主 |
意 |
， |
亏 |
你 |
想 |
得 |
出 |
来 |
！ |
|
|
|
|
| 这 |
: |
this |
| 种 |
: |
measure word |
| 烂 |
: |
bad; stupid |
| 主意 |
: |
idea |
| 亏 |
: |
(expressed sarcastic) |
| 你 |
: |
you |
| 想 |
: |
think |
| 得 |
: |
used after a verb or an adjective to express possibility or capability |
| 出来 |
: |
out |
|
| 4. It’s lucky you woke me up or I would have been late. |
| kuī |
nǐ |
bǎ |
wǒ |
jiào |
xǐng |
， |
yào |
bù |
wǒ |
jiù |
chí |
dào |
le |
。 |
| 亏 |
你 |
把 |
我 |
叫 |
醒 |
， |
要 |
不 |
我 |
就 |
迟 |
到 |
了 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 亏 |
: |
luckily |
| 你 |
: |
you |
| 把 |
: |
particle used to shift the object to before the verb |
| 我 |
: |
I, me |
| 叫醒 |
: |
to awaken; to wake sb up |
| 要不 |
: |
else |
| 我 |
: |
I |
| 就 |
: |
will be |
| 迟到 |
: |
late |
| 了 |
: |
modal particle intensifying preceding clause |
|
| 5. He has been forced to sell his car at a loss. |
| tā |
bèi |
pò |
kuī |
běn |
mài |
diào |
tā |
de |
qì |
chē |
。 |
| 他 |
被 |
迫 |
亏 |
本 |
卖 |
掉 |
他 |
的 |
汽 |
车 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 被迫 |
: |
be forced |
| 亏本 |
: |
lose one’s capital; suffer a loss |
| 卖掉 |
: |
sold |
| 他的 |
: |
his |
| 汽车 |
: |
car |
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