用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore 费 用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] 花 费 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure 资 zī resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense 用 度 yòng dù expense 负 担 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden 报 销 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out 自 费 zì fèi at one's own expense / self-funded 冤 枉 钱 yuān wang qián wasted money / pointless expense 公 费 gōng fèi at public expense 占 便 宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous / favorable / to benefit at others' expense / to take unfair advantage 垫 付 diàn fù to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later 开 胃 kāi wèi to whet the appetite / appetizing / to amuse oneself at sb's expense / to tease 公 派 gōng pài to send sb abroad at the government's expense 公 费 医 疗 gōng fèi yī liáo medical treatment at public expense 巧 立 名 目 qiǎo lì míng mù to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account) 讨 巧 tǎo qiǎo to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense 一 团 和 气 yī tuán hé qì (idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle) 报 帐 bào zhàng to render an account / to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement 偏 废 piān fèi to give unequal emphasis to / doing some things at the expense of others 损 公 肥 私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior 经 营 费 用 jīng yíng fèi yòng business cost / business expense 只 见 树 木 , 不 见 森 林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín only see the trees, but not see the forest (idiom, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论) / to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture 偏 科 piān kē to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others) / overdoing it / to go overboard 讨 便 宜 tǎo pián yi to look for a bargain / to seek advantage / to try to gain at expense of others 记 作 jì zuò (math.) to be written using the following notation / (accounting) to be recorded as (income, an expense etc) 费 用 报 销 单 fèi yòng bào xiāo dān expense claim form 重 形 式 轻 内 容 zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content 现 金 支 出 xiàn jīn zhī chū cash expense 非 现 金 支 出 fēi xiàn jīn zhī chū non-cash expense 给 付 范 围 内 费 用 covered expense 应 计 负 债 accrued liability / accrued expense 可 报 销 费 用 eligible expense 预 提 费 用 yù tí fèi yòng (accounting) accrued expense 好 人 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle 徒 长 tú zhǎng (of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth (at the expense of flowering or fruiting)