耗资 (耗資)
hào zī
Pinyin

Definition

耗资 (耗資)
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hào zī
  1. to spend
  2. expenditure
  3. to cost

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

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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