to suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating (v.)
HSK 5
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如果不努力学习，你就会吃亏的。 rúguǒ bù nǔlì xuéxí, nǐ jiù huì chīkuī de - If you don't study hard, you will suffer losses.
他不愿意吃亏，所以总是很努力。 tā bù yuànyì chīkuī, suǒyǐ zǒngshì hěn nǔlì - He doesn't want to suffer losses, so he always works hard.
在商业竞争中，谁不会吃亏谁就能胜利。 zài shāngyè jìngzhēng zhōng, shéi bù huì chīkuī shéi jiù néng shènglì - In business competition, whoever doesn't suffer losses will succeed.
有时候吃亏也是一种投资。 yǒu shíhòu chīkuī yěshì yī zhǒng tóuzī - Sometimes suffering losses is also an investment.
他从小就明白吃亏是成长的一部分。 tā cóng xiǎo jiù míngbái chīkuī shì chéngzhǎng de yī bùfèn - He understood from an early age that suffering losses is part of growth.
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吃 chī - to eat | HSK 1
亏 kuī - lose money; lack, be short of; be fortunate that; treat unfairly; (used to show irony) |