吃虧

chī kuī

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

Stative verb

Definition

to suffer losses
to come to grief
to lose out
to get the worst of it
to be at a disadvantage
unfortunately

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Example

老實人有時候會吃虧。

Honest people sometimes lose out.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).