浪费 浪費 làng fèi to waste / to squander syn 态度 態度 tài du manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish / waste material / useless person syn 耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn 举止 舉止 jǔ zhǐ bearing / manner / mien syn 方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste / to spoil / to ruin / to wreck / to insult / to humiliate / to defile (a woman) / to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5] syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 阿尔法 阿爾法 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα) 风采 風采 fēng cǎi svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing syn 人品 rén pǐn character / moral strength / integrity / (coll.) looks / appearance / bearing syn 排泄物 排洩物 pái xiè wù excreta / waste matter (feces, urine etc) syn 耗费 耗費 hào fèi to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander syn 荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study) syn 废料 廢料 fèi liào waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) syn 排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen syn 排泄 排洩 pái xiè to drain (factory waste etc) / to excrete (urine, sweat etc) syn 排水管 pái shuǐ guǎn drainpipe / waste pipe 威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn 屹立 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing) syn 废纸 廢紙 fèi zhǐ waste paper syn 残渣 殘渣 cán zhā remainder / filtered out residue / sediment / waste product / debris / detritus / rubbish syn 混日子 hùn rì zi to idle / to waste time syn 轴承 軸承 zhóu chéng (mechanical) bearing syn 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 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 syn 废气 廢氣 fèi qì exhaust gas / industrial waste gas 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) syn 神态 神態 shén tài appearance / manner / bearing / deportment / look / expression / mien syn 产出 產出 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output syn 仪态 儀態 yí tài bearing / deportment syn 气态 氣態 qì tài gaseous state (physics) / manner / air / bearing 风韵 風韻 fēng yùn charm / grace / elegant bearing (usually feminine) syn 回收站 huí shōu zhàn recycling center / waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 铜牌 銅牌 tóng pái bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:枚[mei2] 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 无记名 無記名 wú jì míng (of a document) not bearing a name / unregistered (financial securities etc) / bearer (bond) / secret (ballot etc) / anonymous / unattributed (remarks) / (of a check) payable to the bearer 滚珠 滾珠 gǔn zhū bearing ball syn 气度 氣度 qì dù bearing / manner / presence syn 英姿 yīng zī heroic bearing / dashing figure syn 仪仗队 儀仗隊 yí zhàng duì honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 钢珠 鋼珠 gāng zhū steel ball / bearing ball syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 梦话 夢話 mèng huà talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions syn 余热 餘熱 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work 形迹 形跡 xíng jì manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette syn 铺张浪费 鋪張浪費 pū zhāng làng fèi extravagance and waste (idiom) syn 暴殄天物 bào tiǎn tiān wù to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly syn 婀娜 ē nuó (of a woman's bearing) graceful / elegant / lithe syn 走弯路 走彎路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method 变废为宝 變廢為寶 waste for wealth 废液 廢液 fèi yè waste liquids 耗损 耗損 hào sǔn to waste 废渣 廢渣 fèi zhā industrial waste product / slag 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 含油 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 抓紧时间 抓緊時間 zhuā jǐn shí jiān to waste no time in (doing sth) / to hurry up 花掉 huā diào to spend (time, money) / to waste 枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain syn 固体废物 固体廢物 gù tǐ fèi wù solid waste 贻误 貽誤 yí wù to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead syn 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 乱花 亂花 luàn huā to spend recklessly / to waste money 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 劳民伤财 勞民傷財 láo mín shāng cái waste of manpower and resources syn 三废 三廢 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 尾礦 wěi kuàng mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings 甲型 jiǎ xíng type A / type I / alpha- 意态 意態 yì tài bearing / attitude 费话 費話 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 气宇 氣宇 qì yǔ bearing / manner syn 滚珠轴承 滾珠軸承 gǔn zhū zhóu chéng ball bearing syn 糟践 糟踐 zāo jian to waste / to spoil / to destroy / to insult grievously syn 磨 mó to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist syn 耗 hào to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 旷 曠 kuàng to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting syn 糜 mí rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) syn 靡 mí to waste (money) syn 屈才 qū cái to waste talent syn 坐失良机 坐失良機 zuò shī liáng jī to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 话不投机半句多 話不投機半句多 huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō (idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion syn 蔗渣 zhè zhā bagasse (sugar cane waste) 偏航 piān háng to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc) / to go off course / to yaw 跎 tuó to stumble / to waste time 欲速则不达 欲速則不達 yù sù zé bù dá (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste / things can't be rushed 毕宿五 畢宿五 bì xiù wǔ Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri 异化作用 異化作用 yì huà zuò yòng catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation 割鸡焉用牛刀 割雞焉用牛刀 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] 