亏负

虧負

kuīfù

verb

Meanings

1 to let someone down
2 to fail (someone)
3 to cause someone suffering or loss

Characters

deficient / lose

Examples

我决不能亏负父母对我的期望。

Wǒ jué bùnéng kuīfù fùmǔ duì wǒ de qīwàng.

I absolutely cannot fail my parents' expectations of me.

他觉得自己亏负了妻子。

Tā juéde zìjǐ kuīfùle qīzǐ.

He felt that he had let his wife down.

Tips

usage

亏负 carries a moral weight — you have failed in a duty or fallen short of someone's trust. Compare with the more neutral 辜负 (gūfù), which is the more common modern synonym.

Stroke Order

亏 kuī

负 fù