吃亏

1. suffer losses; come to grief; get the worst of it

♦ 机械地搬用外国的东西是要吃大亏的。 Mechanical copying of things foreign would be disastrous.

2. be at a disadvantage; be in an unfavourable situation

♦ 他跑得不快, 踢足球~。 He can't run fast and that puts him at a disadvantage as a footballer.