thua lỗ

Công ty thua lỗ sau một năm kinh doanh kém hiệu quả.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To incur a loss / to operate at a loss: To experience a financial deficit where expenses exceed revenue in a business or investment activity.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty đó đã thua lỗ trong quý vừa qua. (That company incurred a loss last quarter.)
  • Nếu bán với giá này, chúng ta sẽ thua lỗ. (If we sell at this price, we will operate at a loss.)
  • Cửa hàng kinh doanh thua lỗ nên phải đóng cửa. (The shop had to close because it was operating at a loss.)

Advanced Usage

• "thua lỗ nặng": to suffer a heavy/severe loss.
  • Nhà đầu tư thua lỗ nặng trên thị trường chứng khoán. (The investor suffered a heavy loss on the stock market.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lỗ (n): A loss (the financial result itself).
  • Báo cáo tài chính cho thấy một khoản lỗ lớn. (The financial report shows a large loss.)
• Thua (v): To lose (in a general sense, such as in games or competitions).
  • Đội của chúng tôi đã thua trận đấu. (Our team lost the match.)

Synonyms

• To lose money: To have less money as a result of a transaction or venture.
• To be in the red: An idiomatic expression meaning to operate at a loss.

Related Idioms

• Lỗ vốn: To lose one's capital; to lose the principal investment.
  • Dự án thất bại khiến họ lỗ vốn. (The project's failure caused them to lose their capital.)