割肉

gēròu

verb

Meanings

1 to cut meat
2 (stock market, coll.) to sell at a loss; to cut losses

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Examples

股价一直跌，我只能割肉出局。

Gǔjià yīzhí diē, wǒ zhǐnéng gēròu chūjú.

The price kept falling; I had no choice but to cut my losses and get out.

再不割肉就被套死了。

Zài bù gēròu jiù bèi tàosǐ le.

If I don't cut losses now I'll be stuck in this position forever.

她在厨房割肉。

Tā zài chúfáng gēròu.

She is cutting meat in the kitchen.

Tips

usage

In stock-market slang, 割肉 means selling a losing position to stop the bleeding — like cutting off flesh. The opposite move is 套牢 (staying stuck in a bad position).

memory

Picture a trader physically cutting away a bad trade like rotten meat — painful but necessary.

Stroke Order

割 gē

肉 ròu