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浪费

làng fèi · lang fei

Traditional 浪費

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to waste
  2. to squander
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  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)刷牙(shuāyá)的时候(deshíhou)，水(shuǐ)一直(yīzhí)开着(kāizhe)，太(tài)浪费(làngfèi)了(le)。

    You left the water running while brushing. What a waste.

  2. Dengdeng

    对不起(duìbuqǐ)，我(wǒ)马上(mǎshàng)关(guān)。

    Sorry, I will turn it off now.

  3. Liangliang

    浪费(làngfèi)水(shuǐ)也(yě)浪费(làngfèi)钱(qián)啊(a)。

    Wasting water wastes money too.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)洗澡(xǐzǎo)的时候(deshíhou)唱歌(chànggē)，也(yě)浪费(làngfèi)吗(ma)？

    Is singing in the shower a waste too?

  5. Liangliang

    不(bù)浪费(làngfèi)，水(shuǐ)开(kāi)小(xiǎo)一点(yīdiǎn)就行(jiùxíng)。

    Not a waste, just turn the water down.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

回(huí)顾(gù)2010年(nián)，我(wǒ)认(rèn)为(wéi)我(wǒ)浪(làng)费(fèi)太(tài)多(duō)时(shí)间(jiān)了(le)。

Looking back at 2010, I think I wasted too much time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)一(yì)天(tiān)只(zhǐ)是(shì)浪(làng)费(fèi)时(shí)间(jiān)，浪(làng)费(fèi)金(jīn)钱(qián)。

This day was just a waste of time and money.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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浪
làng

wave; breaker

费
fèi

to cost; to spend

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