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| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |
| 磨 | mó | to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist |
| 淘 | táo | to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities) / to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste) / (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods) / (dialect) naughty; mischievous |
| 耗费 | hào fèi | to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander |
| 废 | fèi | to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen |
| 耗 | hào | to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally |
| 耽误 | dān wu | to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with |
| 走弯路 | zǒu wān lù | to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method |
| 撒网捕风 | sā wǎng bǔ fēng | lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom) |
| 靡 | mí | to waste (money) |
| 荒弃 | huāng qì | to abandon / to let go to waste |
| 排泄 | pái xiè | to drain (factory waste etc) / to excrete (urine, sweat etc) |
| 跎 | tuó | to stumble / to waste time |
| 排空 | pái kōng | to drain out; to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky |
| 竹篮打水 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 大材小用 | dà cái xiǎo yòng | (idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; a waste of talent |
| 旷 | kuàng | to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting |
| 产出 | chǎn chū | to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output |
| 余热 | yú rè | residual heat; surplus heat; waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work |
| 还魂 | huán hún | to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) |
| 乱花 | luàn huā | to spend recklessly / to waste money |
| 白费 | bái fèi | to waste (one's energy etc) |
| 荒废 | huāng fèi | to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study) |
| 前功尽弃 | qián gōng jìn qì | to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain |