(of the moon) wane

despite; dare to

lack; be deficient; be short of

fortunately; luckily; thanks to

treat unfairly; be unfair to

lose (money, etc); have a deficit

fail to succeed for lack of a final effort

good fellow does not suffer immediate loss

君子不吃眼前虧

a smart man knows when to avoid immediate harm; a wise man knows when to retreat; better good afar off than evil at hand

take full responsibility for a business

loss percent

luckily. Cant.: 好彩

luckily; fortunately; thanks to; owing to | [粵]: 多得, 好彩, 好在

in the wrong; justice is not on one's side

an impotent man

weak man (slang)

to go from defecit to surplus; to turnaround; to reverse defecit and make profit

to turn losses into gains

break-even point

break even point [written and colloquial]

a guilty conscience

lose money; have a deficit

Losses; to have a deficit

to let somebody suffer; to let somebody down

to take a loss; to suffer misfortune; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Cant.: 蝕底; 輸蝕

to be deficient; to carry a load of debt

lose money in business

deficit, (financial) loss

shameful deeds [syn.]缺德的事 [粵]陰騭事；陰騭嘢

weak; in poor health

debilitated; weak

待薄 [國]薄待；苦待

to mistreat; treat shabbily; treat unfairly

refers to a physically weak person, a person in poor health

someone who is physically weak or in poor health

feeble, sexually impotent (lit., "weak in the kidneys")

long johns [colloquial]

weak and thin (spoken)