| 吃亏上当 | chī kuī shàng dàng | to be taken advantage of | 
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) | 
| 吃 | chī | variant of 吃 | 
| 吃亏 | chī kuī | to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately | 
| 亏 | kuī | to lose (money); to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily; fortunately; thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations) | 
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上声 | 
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above | 
| 上当 | shàng dàng | taken in (by sb's deceit) / to be fooled / to be duped | 
| 当 | dāng | (onom.) dong / ding dong (bell) | 
| 当 | dāng | to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at | 
| 当 | dàng | at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) |