"Wasted" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 荒废 | huāng fèi | to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study) |   |
| 冤枉钱 | yuān wang qián | wasted money / pointless expense | |
| 付诸东流 | fù zhū dōng liú | wasted effort | |
| 竹篮打水 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom) / wasted effort | |
| 冤钱 | yuān qián | money spent in vain / wasted money | |
| 竹篮打水，一场空 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom) / wasted effort | |
| 赚回来 | zhuàn huí lai | to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc) | |
