浪 费 làng fèi to waste / to squander 耗 费 hào fèi to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander 糟 蹋 zāo tà to waste / to defile / to abuse / to insult / to defile / to trample on / to wreck / also pr. [zao1 ta5] 白 费 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) 花 掉 huā diào to spend (time, money) / to waste 枉 费 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain 耗 损 hào sǔn to waste 贻 误 yí wù to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead 排 泄 物 pái xiè wù excrement / waste 糟 践 zāo jian to waste / to spoil / to destroy / to insult grievously 耗 to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally 旷 to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting 靡 to waste (money) 糜 rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) 嘥 to waste (Cantonese) 抛 费 pāo fèi to waste / to squander 旷 废 kuàng fèi to neglect (work) / to waste (one's talents) 耽 误 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with 废 物 fèi wù rubbish / waste material / useless person 产 出 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output 废 水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 消 瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin 废 料 fèi liào waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) 废 气 fèi qì exhaust gas / industrial waste gas 废 纸 fèi zhǐ waste paper 排 泄 pái xiè to drain (factory waste etc) / to excrete (urine, sweat etc) 荒 废 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study) 尾 气 wěi qì exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine) / emissions 残 渣 cán zhā remainder / filtered out residue / sediment / waste product / debris / detritus / rubbish 走 弯 路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method 钻 牛 角 尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs 前 功 尽 弃 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain 固 体 废 物 gù tǐ fèi wù solid waste 废 渣 fèi zhā industrial waste product / slag 变 废 为 宝 waste for wealth 排 水 管 pái shuǐ guǎn drainpipe / waste pipe 白 活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 乱 花 luàn huā to spend recklessly / to waste money 混 日 子 hùn rì zi to idle / to waste time 内 耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 劳 民 伤 财 láo mín shāng cái waste of manpower and resources 铺 张 浪 费 pū zhāng làng fèi extravagance and waste (idiom) 煤 矸 石 méi gān shí waste rock (in coal mining) 三 废 sān fèi three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1] 尾 矿 wěi kuàng mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings 废 液 fèi yè waste liquids 费 话 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 暴 殄 天 物 bào tiǎn tiān wù to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly 坐 失 良 机 zuò shī liáng jī to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance 地 沟 油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 矸 石 gān shí waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) 话 不 投 机 半 句 多 huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom) 屈 才 qū cái to waste talent 烧 荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 磨 to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist 跎 to stumble / to waste time 异 化 作 用 yì huà zuò yòng catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation 割 鸡 焉 用 牛 刀 gē jī yān yòng niú dāo lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1] 坐 失 机 宜 zuò shī jī yí to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance 鼎 铛 玉 石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 焚 琴 煮 鹤 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things 低 放 射 性 废 物 dī fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-level waste 放 射 性 废 物 fàng shè xìng fèi wù radioactive waste 核 废 物 hé fèi wù nuclear waste 巟 a watery waste / to reach 分 解 代 谢 fēn jiě dài xiè catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation 厚 养 薄 葬 hòu yǎng bó zàng generous care but a thrifty funeral / to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral 尾 矿 库 wěi kuàng kù slag heap / dump of mining waste 拖 磨 tuō mó dawdling / to waste time 撒 网 捕 风 sā wǎng bǔ fēng lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom) 泡 蘑 菇 pào mó gu to procrastinate / to shilly-shally and waste time 清 洁 袋 qīng jié dài waste disposal bag 白 费 唇 舌 bái fèi chún shé to whistle down the wind / to waste one's breath (idiom) 矸 子 gān zi waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) 稳 定 塘 wěn dìng táng waste stabilization pond 粪 尿 fèn niào feces and urine / excreta / human or animal waste 绵 绸 mián chóu rough-textured fabric of waste silk 荒 弃 huāng qì to abandon / to let go to waste 虚 度 光 阴 xū dù guāng yīn to waste time on worthless activities 贫 液 pín yè waste liquid / liquid with precipitate skimmed off 费 口 舌 fèi kǒu shé to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining 钻 牛 角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 碱 荒 jiǎn huāng saline waste land 废 酸 fèi suān spent acid / sludge acid / waste acid 废 物 处 理 fèi wù chǔ lǐ waste treatment 工 业 废 物 gōng yè fèi wù industrial waste 等 离 子 体 废 物 转 换 器 plasma waste converter 从 废 物 回 收 能 源 zòng fèi wù huí shōu néng yuán energy recovery from waste 加 沙 废 水 处 理 厂 Gaza Waste Water Treatment Plant 废 物 管 理 fèi wù guǎn lǐ waste management 生 态 上 合 理 的 废 物 管 理 ecologically rational waste management 废 化 学 物 质 fèi huà xué wù zhì waste chemical substances 废 物 甲 烷 化 fèi wù jiǎ wán huà waste methanization 放 射 性 废 物 安 全 标 准 fàng shè xìng fèi wù ān quán biāo zhǔn Radioactive Waste Safety Standards 关 于 放 射 性 废 物 国 际 越 境 转 移 的 业 务 守 则 Code of Practice on the International Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste 废 物 的 生 物 处 理 biological treatment of waste 切 碎 机 产 生 的 轻 质 废 物 light-fraction shredder waste 减 少 废 物 waste reduction 放 射 性 废 物 储 存 处 nuclear waste repository / radioactive waste repository 固 体 废 物 管 理 gù tǐ fèi wù guǎn lǐ solid waste management
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