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HSK
to make a loss
HSK 7-9
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  *亏* | 亏* | *亏
to lose (money); to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily; fortunately; thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
HSK 5
fortunately / luckily
HSK 7-9
to be taken advantage of
to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
HSK 7-9
(math.) genus
(idiom) to get into the black; to become profitable
to make a capital loss
thanks to / luckily
HSK 7-9
deficit / (financial) loss
HSK 7-9
shameful deed
in the wrong
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
a guilty conscience
luckily / fortunately
to be lacking / to fall short of / to wane / deficit / deficient
to have a deficit; to be in the red / to owe
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly
fortunately / luckily / (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
deficient / to let sb down / to cause sb suffering
(to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
to treat sb unfairly
in debt / in the red / in deficit
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
profit and loss / waxing and waning
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
hidden loss (finance)
pent-up unspoken grievances / suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
to sell at a loss
shortfall in production
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
waning moon / to wane
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
to make good a deficit / to reverse a loss
anemia


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