I owe it you that I am still alive.
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亏
Traditional: 虧
kuī
HSK 3.0 · 5
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kuī · kwai1 (Jyutping)
- 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)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.
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