耗费 (耗費)
hào fèi
Pinyin

Definition

耗费 (耗費)
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hào fèi
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander

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

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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