费时 (費時)
fèi shí
Pinyin
Definition
费时 (費時)
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- to take time
- time-consuming
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不识时务
- 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
- 2 not amenable to reason
不识时变
- 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
- 2 not amenable to reason
俗随时变
- 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
- 2 O Tempora, O Mores!
切中时弊
- 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
- 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
- 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
- 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
Sample Sentences
费时是不长,但是拉胚的时候,坐姿得稳,手要稳定,手指间力度掌握需适中,温柔地对待陶土才能拉成这么一件作品。
It doesn't take a lot of time, but when you're moulding the clay, you have to sit with a very stable posture, your hands have to be very stable, and you have to maintain a moderate amount of pressure in the grip of your fingers, as only by treating the clay gently can you get a piece of work like this.
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。
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.
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。
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?
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。
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.
每年都这样来扫墓,明明交了管理费,还是得自己在这边拔草,好浪费时间。
Every time we come to observe Tomb Sweeping Day we have to pull up the weeds ourselves,despite clearly having paid the maintenance fees, what a waste of time.
不急、不急,慢慢来。你要通过边检,还得取行李,这些入境手续是很费时的。
No rush. You have to pass the border check and you have to take your luggage. These immigration procedures are time-consuming.
这样不是很浪费时间吗?
Isn't that a big waste of time?
在这里等六个小时也是浪费时间啊,你是要在旅馆舒服地浪费时间还是在这里冷到发抖地浪费时间?
Waiting here for six hours is also a waste of time. Do you want to waste time comfortably at the motel or waste time here shivering from the cold?
呵,我承认这是有点自欺欺人,但我不想浪费时间执着在已经发生的事情上,所以我改变自己的想法来接受生活中的不如意。
Ha, I'll admit I'm deluding myself, but I don't want to waste time on things that are in the past, so I changed the way I think about things to allow me to accept life's frustrations.