吃亏

Traditional form:

吃虧

Pinyin (reading):

chīkuī

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 亏 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient

Traditional characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 虧 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient