管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 浪费 浪費 làng fèi to waste / to squander syn 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not 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 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 关怀 關懷 guān huái care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to 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 保健 bǎo jiàn health protection / health care / to maintain in good health syn 保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance 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 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 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 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health 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 产出 產出 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output syn 养病 養病 yǎng bìng to recuperate / to convalesce / to take care of one's health after illness 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 调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize syn 调养 調養 tiáo yǎng to take care of (sb's health) / to nurse syn 余热 餘熱 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work 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 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 医疗保健 醫療保健 yī liáo bǎo jiàn health care 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 预防保健 預防保健 yù fáng bǎo jiàn preventive health care / preventive health 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 照护 照護 zhào hù care / treatment (e.g. nursing care) / to look after syn 费话 費話 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 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 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 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) 跎 tuó to stumble / to waste time 看 kān to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard syn 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful / to take care syn 身体 身體 shēn tǐ the body / one's health syn 照顾 照顧 zhào gu to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after syn 介意 jiè yì to care about / to take offense / to mind syn 关心 關心 guān xīn to be concerned about / to care about syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 不在乎 bù zài hu not to care syn 健康 jiàn kāng health / healthy syn 在乎 zài hu to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about syn 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself syn 在意 zài yì to care about / to mind syn 当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care / to look out syn 照看 zhào kàn to look after / to attend to / to have in care syn 康复 康復 kāng fù to recuperate / to recover (health) / to convalesce syn 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 治愈 治癒 zhì yù to cure / to restore to health / uplifting / heartwarming syn 回复 回復 huí fù to recover / to revert / to return to (good health, normal condition etc) / variant of 回覆|回复[hui2fu4] syn 保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping / to have in one's care / to guarantee / certainly / surely / custodian / curator syn 身子 shēn zi body / pregnancy / health syn 分心 fēn xīn to divert one's attention / to get distracted / (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter) syn 处置 處置 chǔ zhì to handle / to take care of / to punish syn 精心 jīng xīn with utmost care / fine / meticulous / detailed syn 虚弱 虛弱 xū ruò weak / in poor health syn 关照 關照 guān zhào to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind syn 照料 zhào liào to tend / to take care of sb syn 复苏 復蘇 fù sū variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1] / to recover (health, economic) / to resuscitate / anabiosis syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 收留 shōu liú to offer shelter / to have sb in one's care syn 