扭亏为盈 — Chinese idiom
扭亏为盈
niǔ kuī wéi yíng
Traditional: 扭虧為盈
Meaning
- to get into the black; to become profitable
Character by character
- 扭niǔto turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
- 亏kuīto lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 盈yíngfull, overflowing; surplus; to fill
Idioms sharing a character
- 七扭八歪 qī niǔ bā wāi
- 扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
- 功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì
- 自知理亏 zì zhī lǐ kuī
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
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