"To spend (money)" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 花钱 | huā qián | to spend money |  |
| 出血 | chū xuè | to bleed / bleeding / (fig.) to spend money in large amounts |  |
| 开支 | kāi zhī | expenditures / expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages | |
| 挥金如土 | huī jīn rú tǔ | lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) / fig. to spend money like water / extravagant | |
| 乱花钱 | luàn huā qián | to spend money recklessly / to squander | |
| 破钞 | pò chāo | to spend money | |
| 花钱找罪受 | huā qián zhǎo zuì shòu | to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous | |
| 掏钱 | tāo qián | to pay / to spend money / to fork out | |
| 用钱 | yòng qián | to spend money | |
| 赚吆喝 | zhuàn yāo he | (of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts / to spend money to win customers | |
