亏空

Traditional form:

虧空

Pinyin (reading):

kuīkōng

Definitions:

• in debt
• in the red
• in deficit

Characters:

• 亏 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare

Traditional characters:

• 虧 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
• 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare