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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

亏 [kuī]
  1. 1. verb [亏损] lose
  2. 2. verb [欠缺] lack
    理亏
    be in the wrong
  3. 3. verb [亏负] allow … to suffer losses
    公司亏不了股东。
    The company can't allow its shareholders to suffer losses.
  4. 4. adverb [幸亏] luckily
    亏你把我叫醒，要不我就迟到了。
    It's lucky you woke me up or I would have been late.
  5. 5. adverb [表示讥讽]
    这种烂主意，亏你想得出来！
    How could you think up such a stupid idea?
    亏他还是个经理，连这点问题都解决不了！
    What a joy to have him as a manager - when he can't even solve a problem as small as this!

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

亏 [kuī]
  1. 1. verb lose (money, etc.); have a deficit
    做生意亏了
    have lost money in business
    亏了二百元
    have a deficit of 200 yuan
  2. 2. verb deficient; short
    亏什么就买什么。
    Buy what you're short of.
    亏你十块钱。
    I owe you 10 yuan.
  3. 3. verb treat unfairly
    你放心吧，亏不了你。
    Don't worry, we won't be unfair to you.
    人不亏地，地不亏人。
    The land won't fail people as long as people don't fail the land.
  4. 4. adverb fortunately; luckily; thanks to
    亏他提醒了我，要不我早忘了。
    Luckily he reminded me; otherwise I'd have forgotten all about it.
  5. 5. adverb used to show sarcasm
    亏他说得出口！
    And he had the nerve to say so!
    亏你还是个大学生呢，连这个都不懂。
    For a college student, you ought to know better than that!

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

亏 [kuī]
  1. 1. 动 损失；损耗
    亏本儿
    盈亏
    亏损。
  2. 2. 动 缺欠；短少
    功亏一篑
    亏秤
    理亏。
  3. 3. 动 亏待；亏负
    放心吧，我不会亏你
    亏心。
  4. 4. 动 多亏
    亏他及时发现，不然就坏事了。
  5. 5. 动 “多亏”的反说，有斥责讥讽的语气
    亏你做得出
    跟孩子怄气，亏你还是长辈！
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Examples

光棍不吃眼前亏。
A wise man doesn't fight agaist impossible odds.
别惹他们。这一帮人不好惹，好汉不吃眼前亏。
Don't get on the wrong side of them. People like that can be nasty if you annoy them. Only a fool goes looking for trouble.
亏了二百元
have a deficit of 200 yuan
亏你十块钱。
I owe you 10 yuan.
亏他提醒了我，要不我早忘了。
Luckily he reminded me; otherwise I'd have forgotten all about it.
亏得大家帮忙，我们才按时把这活干完。
Thanks to everybody's help, we finished the job on time.
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Character Decomposition

一
[yī]		 + 丂
[kǎo,qiǎo]

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