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Chinese
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white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname |
| trad. (白費)
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白
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費
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| simp. (白费)
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白
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费
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Pronunciation
Verb
白費
- to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)
Synonyms
- 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
- 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
- 抖落 (dǒuluò)
- 折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
- 拋荒 / 抛荒 (pāohuāng)
- 揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
- 曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
- 枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
- 浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
- 無彩 / 无彩 (Hokkien)
- 白了 (Hokkien)
- 白白了 (Hokkien)
- 空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
- 糟蹋 (zāotà)
- 耽誤 / 耽误 (chiefly time)
- 荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
- 虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
- 靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi) (formal)
Derived terms