暴殄天物
bào tiǎn tiān wù
Pinyin

Definition

暴殄天物
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bào tiǎn tiān wù
  1. to waste natural resources recklessly
  2. not to know how to use things sparingly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

Sample Sentences

踩踩水？你真是暴殄天物！海边可以玩各种水上活动，或是去潮间带走走，玩腻了还可以去浮潜看珊瑚礁。
cǎi cǎi shuǐ ？nǐ zhēn shì bàotiǎn tiānwù ！hǎibiān kěyǐ wán gèzhǒng shuǐshàng huódòng ，huòshì qù cháojiāndài zǒu zou ，wán nì le hái kěyǐ qù fúqián kàn shānhújiāo 。
Paddle? You really don't know how to enjoy nature! You can do all sorts of water-sports at the seaside, or go for a walk by the sea and when you've had your fun, you can go snorkeling and see the coral reef.
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