耗
hào
Pinyin

Definition

耗
 - 
hào
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
  5. news
  6. (coll.) to delay
  7. to dilly-dally

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

消耗
xiāo hào
  1. 1 to use up
  2. 2 to consume
耗
hào
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to spend
  3. 3 to consume
  4. 4 to squander
  5. 5 news
  6. 6 (coll.) to delay
  7. 7 to dilly-dally
噩耗
è hào
  1. 1 news of sb's death
  2. 2 grievous news
油耗
yóu hào
  1. 1 fuel consumption
耗子
hào zi
  1. 1 (dialect) mouse
  2. 2 rat

Idioms (3)

狗拿耗子
gǒu ná hào zi
  1. 1 lit. a dog who catches mice
  2. 2 to be meddlesome (idiom)
瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi
  1. 1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
  2. 2 blind luck
猫哭耗子
māo kū hào zi
  1. 1 the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
  2. 2 crocodile tears

Sample Sentences

现在的很多企业的发展都还停留在使用煤炭等传统能源的水平，多年来一直是一种高能耗、高排放、低产出的状态，我们所要面对的环境问题真是一天比一天严峻。
xiàn zài de hěn duō qǐyè de fāzhǎn dōu hái tíng liú zài shǐyòng méitàn děng chuántǒng néngyuán de shuǐpíng ，duōnián lái yīzhí shì yīzhǒng gāo nénghào 、gāo páifàng 、dī chǎnchū de zhuàngtài ，wǒmen suǒ yào miànduì de huánjìng wèntí zhēn shì yītiān bǐ yītiān yánjùn 。
Now the development of many companies has stalled at using traditional energy resources like coal. For many years they have been high-consumption, high-emissions and low-productivity energy sources. The environmental problems we're facing are getting more serious every day.
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但其实孙子是一个反战者，他认为正面的战争极度消耗资源，他推崇不战而胜。
dàn qíshí Sūnzǐ shì yīgē fǎnzhàn zhě ，tā rènwéi zhèngmiàn de zhànzhēng jídù xiāohào zīyuán ，tā tuīchóng bùzhànérshèng 。
But in fact, he opposes war and believes head on confrontation type of war is extremely resource-consuming. He advocates victory without fighting.
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跟人闲聊所花费的咖啡钱，能买到你想知道的一切，还不算两人对酌山花开，一杯一杯复一杯所耗费的时间成本…..
gēn rén xiánliáo suǒ huāfèi de kāfēi qián ，néng mǎi dào nǐ xiǎng zhīdào de yīqiè ，hái bùsuàn liāngrén duìzhuó shānhuā kāi ，yībēi yībēi fù yībēi suǒ hàofèi de shíjiān chéngběn …..
The coffee money spent chatting with people can buy everything you want to know, not counting the time and cost “two people spend when the mountain flowers bloom drinking cup after cup.”
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瞎猫碰到死耗子
xiā māo pèng dào sǐ hàozi
A stroke of luck.
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瞎猫碰到死耗子”是指能力不足的人走运了。但是这不是一句称赞别人的话，它是在说别人的不好。
xiāmāopèngdàosǐhàozi ”shì zhǐ nénglì bùzú de rén zǒuyùn le 。dànshì zhè bùshì yī jù chēngzàn biérén de huà ，tā shì zài shuō biérén de bùhǎo 。
“A blind cat meets a dead mouse” means incompetent people are in luck. This is not used to compliment others, but to speak ill of them.
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这一次考试他都没读书，但是不会的题目都猜对了，简直是瞎猫碰到死耗子。
zhè yī cì kǎoshì tā dōu méi dúshū ，dànshì bù huì de tímù dōu cāi duì le ，jiǎnzhí shì xiāmāopèngdàosǐhàozi 。
He didn’t study at all for the test this time, but he managed to guess the correct answers. He is such a lucky devil.
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虽然他投资成功了，但是他其实没什么能力，只是很幸运，就像瞎猫碰到死耗子一样而已。
suīrán tā tóuzī chénggōng le ，dànshì tā qíshí méi shénme nénglì ，zhǐshì hěn xìngyùn ，jiù xiàng xiāmāopèngdàosǐhàozi yīyàng éryǐ 。
Although he made some successful investments, he is quite incompetent. It was just a stroke of luck, just like a blind cat meets a dead mouse.
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你想想啊，首先，煤电厂排放的不只是二氧化碳，还有其它有害气体，比如氧化氮和二氧化硫，这些有害气体的排放量比汽油汽车高很多。其次，在制造电动汽车时，它对环境的破坏更大。先要生产锂电池吧，这些锂电池体积很大，制造费用昂贵，尤其是特斯拉的电池更贵，它比对手的电池要更大更强大。许多电动汽车的电池要用到稀土，它本来就稀缺，而且提炼也耗钱。特斯拉的AC感应电动机没有使用稀土材料，但是公司的工程师也承认，S型汽车生产时消耗的能源比凯美瑞多。因此，在最初上路之前，S型汽车就已经远比其它汽车污染重了。你开得越久，它才越绿色。
nǐ xiǎngxiang ā ，shǒuxiān ，méidiànchǎng páifàng de bù zhǐshì èryǎnghuàtàn ，háiyǒu qítā yǒuhài qìtǐ ，bǐrú yǎnghuàdàn hé èryǎnghuàliú ，zhèxiē yǒuhài qìtǐ de páifàngliàng bǐ qìyóu qìchē gāo hěn duō 。qícì ，zài zhìzào diàndòng qìchē shí ，tā duì huánjìng de pòhuài gèngdà 。xiān yào shēngchǎn lǐdiànchí ba ，zhèxiē lǐdiànchí tǐjī hěndà ，zhìzào fèiyòng ángguì ，yóuqí shì tèsīlā de diànchí gèng guì ，tā bǐ duìshǒu de diànchí yào gèngdà gèng qiángdà 。xǔduō diàndòng qìchē de diànchí yào yòng dào xītǔ ，tā běnlái jiù xīquē ，érqiě tíliàn yě hào qián 。tèsīlā de AC gǎnyìng diàndòngjī méiyǒu shǐyòng xītǔ cáiliào ，dànshì gōngsī de gōngchéngshī yě chéngrèn ，S xíng qìchē shēngchǎn shí xiāohào de néngyuán bǐ kǎiměiruì duō 。yīncǐ ，zài zuìchū shànglù zhīqián ，S xíng qìchē jiù yǐjīng yuǎn bǐ qítā qìchē wūrǎn zhòng le 。nǐ kāide yuè jiǔ ，tā cái yuè lǜsè 。
Think about it. First, coal-fired power plants do not only emit carbon dioxide, but also other harmful gases; for example, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide. The amount of emissions from these harmful gases is much higher than what comes from gasoline cars. Secondly, the damage to the environment is greater when manufacturing electric cars. First you need to produce a lithium battery. The volume of these lithium batteries is huge, so it is costly to manufacture them. Tesla's batteries are even more expensive as they are bigger and stronger than the competitor's. Many electric car batteries use rare earth elements, that are scarce, and which are costly to extract. Tesla's AC induction motor doesn't use rare earth materials, but the company's engineer also admits that when producing Model S cars, the consumption of energy is more than for a Camry. Therefore, in the beginning, before you get on the road, Model S cars have already caused much more severe pollution that other cars. The longer you drive it, the greener it will then become.
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当然是大制作，耗资20亿日元呢！画面非常养眼，情节也扣人心弦，你怎么可能不知道呢？老板，你这样做生意落伍啰！
dāngrán shì dà zhìzuò ，hàozī èrshí yì rìyuán ne ！huàmiàn fēicháng yǎngyǎn ，qíngjié yě kòurénxīnxián ，nǐ zěnme kěnéng bù zhīdào ne ？lǎobǎn ，nǐ zhèyàng zuò shēngyi luòwǔ luō ！
Of course it's a big movie-- it took 20 billion yen! The cinematography is beautiful, and the plot is thrilling. How could you not know about it? Man, how can you be so behind the times in the way you do business!?
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行啊，你慢慢耗着吧，我就不奉陪了。
xíng a ，nǐ mànmàn hào zhe ba ，wǒ jiù bù fèngpéi le 。
All right, you take your time and drag it out. I just won't be around to keep you company.
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