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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!
Sat Jul 06 2013 | Connie, Tom
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哇，外面下这么大的雨，幸亏我带了伞。
wā ，wàimian xià zhème dà de yǔ ，xìngkuī wǒ dài le sǎn 。
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 wǒ shàng gè yuè bǎ gǔpiào mài le ，zhè liǎng tiān diē de hěn lìhai 。
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 zhème dǔ ，xìngkuī wǒ zǎodiǎn chūfā ，yàoburán kěndìng gǎnbushàng fēijī 。
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 nǐ dài le dìtú ，wǒmen cái méiyǒu mílù 。
Thanks to you bringing a map, we didn't get lost.
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