浪费
làngfèiTraditional: 浪费
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Translation
to waste, to squander, wasteful
Word origin
A compound of 浪 (làng, wave, unrestrained) and 费 (fèi, to spend, expense), conveying spending in an unrestrained, useless way.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 浪 (làng, unrestrained) + 费 (fèi, to spend)
Stroke order
浪
费
Examples
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Stop wasting time, let's get started.
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Wasting food is wrong.
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He never wastes a single penny.
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Doing it this way will only waste water.
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I think this is a waste of energy.
浪费 (làng fèi) means to waste or squander resources such as time, money, or food, and as an adjective it means wasteful. It is the natural opposite of 节约 (to economise).
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