耗 费

hàofèi

“To waste” in Chinese is 耗费 (hàofèi).

Meaning

to waste
to spend
to consume

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to squander

Example

整个过程需要耗费数月。

The whole process will take months.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

hàoHSK 610 strokesto waste fèiHSK 39 strokesto cost

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