汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 吃大亏
吃大亏 (吃大虧)
to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly
chī dà/dài () kuī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

密码保存不注意,很可能吃大亏

And if we're not careful about keeping them secret, they can cause big problems.

机械地照搬外国的东西要吃大亏的。

Mechanical copying of anything foreign would be disastrous.

我必须指明再延误就要吃大亏了。

I must point out that further delay will be unwise.