浪费 (浪費)
làng fèi
Pinyin

Definition

浪费 (浪費)
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làng fèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

新浪
Xīn làng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
浪
làng
  1. 1 wave
  2. 2 breaker
  3. 3 unrestrained
  4. 4 dissipated
  5. 5 to stroll
  6. 6 to ramble
浪漫
làng màn
  1. 1 romantic
新浪网
Xīn làng Wǎng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
流浪
liú làng
  1. 1 to drift about
  2. 2 to wander
  3. 3 to roam
  4. 4 nomadic
  5. 5 homeless
  6. 6 unsettled (e.g. population)
  7. 7 vagrant

Idioms (15)

乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
放浪不羁
fàng làng bù jī
  1. 1 wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
放浪形骸
fàng làng xíng hái
  1. 1 to abandon all restraint (idiom)
浪子回头
làng zǐ huí tóu
  1. 1 the return of a prodigal son (idiom)

Sample Sentences

香菇种植大户吴发友说，村里以前靠柴火烘干香菇，每年要浪费十多万元的香菇。
xiānggū zhòngzhí dàhù wúfāyǒu shuō ，cūnlǐ yǐqián kào cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，měinián yào làngfèi shí duō wàn yuán de xiānggū 。
Wu Fayou, a large mushroom grower, said previously mushrooms were dried by firewood in the village. This has led to more than 100,000 yuan of shiitake mushrooms wastage every year.
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得得得，走火入魔了吧，真受不了你，免税店都是大牌奢侈品，价位夸张，纯属铺张浪费，我实在是无法苟同。
děi děi děi ，zǒuhuǒrùmó le ba ，zhēn shòubùliǎo nǐ ，miǎn shuì diàn dōu shì dàpái shēchǐpǐn ，jiàwèi kuāzhāng ，chúnshǔ pūzhānglàngfèi ，wǒ shízài shì wúfǎ gǒutóng 。
OK, OK, you're obsessed. I can't stand it anymore. Duty-free stores are all big brand luxury goods, with inflated prices, it's completely extravagant. I really can't agree with you on this.
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我是认真的，与其浪费时间争吵，不如多花时间和爱的人制造更多美好的回忆。
wǒ shì rènzhēn de ，yǔqí làngfèi shíjiān zhēngchǎo ，bùrú duō huā shíjiān hé ài de rén zhìzào gèng duō měihǎo de huíyì 。
I'm serious. Rather than waste time arguing, it would be better to spend the time creating more beautiful memories with the one you love.
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悲催，好吧，那就是不必在对你没意思的人身上浪费时间咯，那万一一撩就反应呢，互相也都加了微信了。
bēisuī ，hǎoba ，nà jiùshì búbì zài duì nǐ méi yìsi de rén shēnshàng làngfèi shíjiān lo ，nà wànyī yī liáo jiù fǎnyìng ne ，hùxiāng yě dōu jiā le wēixìn le 。
It's enough to bring you to tears. OK, so one shouldn't waste time on people who aren't interested in you, so what about if someone reacts as soon as you interact with them, and you both add each other on WeChat?
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那我的经验是，醒来还在床上翻来覆去，容易一整天都头晕脑胀的，早起后拖着不干正事，我会因为浪费时间而深感沮丧。
nà wǒ de jīngyàn shì ，xǐnglái háizài chuáng shàng fānláifùqù ，róngyì yīzhěngtiān dōu tóuyūnnǎozhàng de ，zǎoqǐ hòu tuō zhe bù gàn zhèngshì ，wǒ huì yīnwèi làngfèi shíjiān ér shēn gǎn jǔsàng 。
My experience is that if you toss and turn in your bed after you wake up, you end up feeling hazy all day long. If I don't get up to some proper stuff in the morning, I actually feel upset that I've wasted my time.
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对呀，很多手机信息都会把整块时间破碎化，如果把这些琐事前置到一日之始，那真是浪费了。早起做最喜欢的事，贵在坚持，成全改变！
duìya ，hěn duō shǒujī xìnxī dōuhuì bǎ zhěng kuài shíjiān pòsuì huà ，rúguǒ bǎ zhèxiē suǒshì qián zhì dào yī rì zhī shǐ ，nà zhēn shì làngfèi le 。zǎoqǐ zuò zuì xǐhuan de shì ，guì zài jiānchí ，chéngquán gǎibiàn ！
Yeah, so much time is broken up by phone notifications. If we do all this tiny meaningless tasks in the morning, then that's really a waste of time. Doing something you love in the morning, that's something that's worth keeping up, that's something that's going to cause real change.
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唉！儿子啊，不是不让你买，但是你也要懂得爱惜东西，像这套，去年底才买的吧？穿不到几个月啊，丢掉太浪费了！
ài ！érzi ā ，bùshì bùràng nǐ mǎi ，dànshì nǐ yě yào dǒngde àixī dōngxi ，xiàng zhè tào ，qùniándǐ cái mǎi de ba ？chuān bùdào jǐ ge yuè ā ，diūdiào tài làngfèi le ！
Ah! Son! It's not that I don't want to let you buy them, but you have to understand that you need to make good use out of things. Like this sports gear, didn't you just buy it at the end of last year? You've only worn it a couple of months, so it would be such a waste to throw them out!
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知道了知道了，但是下次要丢东西之前，你也想想有多少孩子连一天一顿饭都吃不起，不要浪费，懂吗？
zhīdao le zhīdao le ，dànshì xiàcì yào diū dōngxi zhīqián ，nǐ yě xi��ngxiang yǒu duōshao háizi lián yītiān yī dùn fàn dōu chī bù qǐ ，bù yào làngfèi ，dǒng ma ？
I know, I know, but before you throw something out next time, think of how many children there are that can't even get a good meal in a day. You understand that you shouldn't waste things, yes?
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媳妇儿却不乐意咯，大家都是职场人，都不愿意浪费职场生命啊，生一个完成任务交差就得了。
xífùr quèbù lèyì lo ，dàjiā dōu shì zhíchǎng rén ，dōu bù yuànyì làngfèi zhíchǎng shēngmìng ā ，shēng yī gè wánchéng rènwù jiāochāi jiù dé le 。
My wife is unwilling however, everyone has their own career, so she's not willing to waste the best years of her career, she prefers to give birth to a report on a completed assignment.
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未必吧，想取多少取多少，那不是更容易浪费？
wèibì ba ，xiǎng qǔ duōshao qǔ duōshao ，nà búshi gèng róngyì làngfèi ？
Not necessarily so. Isn’t it more wasteful if we take what we want?
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