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虧 kuī 1. Traditional form of "亏". 2. Defect, imperfection. 3. Loss, damage. Example from "Dream of the Red Chamber," Chapter 57: "What good is it for me to suffer losses?" 4. Consumption, reduction. Example: "亏本". A reference from "I Ching," "He who follows the Heavenly way loses abundance and gains humility." 5. Lack, deficiency. Example: "知理虧". A reference from "Book of Documents," "It takes nine Ren to form a mountain but one more Ren will complete it." 6. To fail, to let down. Example: "亏待". A reference from "The West Chamber" Volume 1: "I often dream of people passing messages, I let you down and you let others down." 7. Destruction. A reference from "Book of Songs," "Without damage, there is no collapse." 8. Weakness. Examples: "体亏", "肾亏", "气衰血亏". 9. Difficult or opportunistic words. Examples: "幸亏", "多亏". A reference from "Dream of the Red Chamber," Chapter 97: "Fortunately, they helped Dai Yu into the house." 10. Words of reprimand or sarcasm. A reference from "Dream of the Red Chamber," Chapter 20: "Sister Feng said: 'You’re really a man, losing 100-200 dollars and acting like this!'" 虧 kuī (verb) - Primary meaning: loss of vital energy. - Character formation: phonetic compound. From "亏," more sounds like "hū". 1. Same as the primary meaning (damage of vital energy). 2. Deficiency, something short (what should be lacks). Opposite of "盈," "滿". 3. Consumption, damage. 4. To lose; to be defeated. 5. Destruction. 6. Reduction; diminishment. 7. Violating. 8. Differing; unsuitable. 9. Loss, deprivation. 10. The period from full moon to new moon. 虧 kuī (adverb) 1. Difficult; fortunately, indicating a sense of luck. 2. Fortunately; thankfully. 虧 kuī Used ironically to express reproach or sarcasm, such as: "This kind of thing, it's really amazing you can do this."