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浪费 làng fèi to waste / to squander
白费 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc)
话不投机半句多 huà tóu bàn duō (idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
鼎铛玉石 dǐng chēng shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine
排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
赚回来 zhuàn huí lai to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)
荒废 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
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
产出 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output
焚琴煮鹤 fén qín zhǔ lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
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
泡蘑菇 pào gu to procrastinate / to shilly-shally and waste time
走弯路 zǒu wān to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin
糟蹋 zāo to waste; to spoil / to ruin; to wreck / to insult; to humiliate / to defile (a woman); to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5]
fèi to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste
混日子 hùn zi to idle / to waste time
花掉 huā diào to spend (time, money) / to waste
坐失机宜 zuò shī to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
拖磨 tuō dawdling / to waste time
乱花 luàn huā to spend recklessly / to waste money
靡费 fèi to waste / to squander


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