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ID: QW0311 Upper-Intermediate
In this edition of QingWen, we discuss the difference between three different words with the use of the character 亏 (kuī): 幸亏 (xìngkuī), 多亏 (duōkuī) and just regular old 亏. What we find is that quite a difference exists between all of them!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
哇外面下这么大的雨幸亏我带了伞
wā 哇wàimian 外面xià 下zhème 这么dà 大de 的yǔ 雨xìngkuī 幸亏wǒ 我dài 带le 了sǎn 伞
Whoa, it's raining so heavily outside. Fortunately I brought my umbrella.
幸亏我上个月把股票卖了这两天跌得很厉害
xìngkuī 幸亏wǒ 我shàng gè yuè 上个月bǎ 把gǔpiào 股票mài 卖le 了zhè liǎng tiān 这两天diē 跌de 得hěn 很lìhai 厉害
Fortunately I sold my stocks last month. Stocks have been falling drastically recently.
今天这么堵幸亏我早点出发要不然肯定赶不上飞机
jīntiān 今天zhème 这么dǔ 堵xìngkuī 幸亏wǒ 我zǎodiǎn 早点chūfā 出发yàoburán 要不然kěndìng 肯定gǎnbushàng 赶不上fēijī 飞机
It's so congested today. Fortunately I left a bit early, otherwise I definitely wouldn't be able to catch my plane.
多亏你带了地图我们才没有迷路
duōkuī 多亏nǐ 你dài 带le 了dìtú 地图wǒmen 我们cái 才méiyǒu 没有mílù 迷路
Thanks to you bringing a map, we didn't get lost.
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