浪费 浪費 làng fèi to waste / to squander 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 用户 用戶 yòng hù user / consumer / subscriber / customer 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy 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 消费者 消費者 xiāo fèi zhě consumer 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 岗哨 崗哨 gǎng shào lookout post / sentry post / sentry syn 混日子 hùn rì zi to idle / to waste time 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 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 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 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 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 宝洁 寶潔 bǎo jié Procter & Gamble (consumer goods company) 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 消费品 消費品 xiāo fèi pǐn consumer goods 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 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 晒黑 曬黑 shài hēi to sunbathe / to tan / to get sunburnt / to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website) 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 液态奶 液態奶 yè tài nǎi general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk 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 耐用消费品 耐用消費品 nài yòng xiāo fèi pǐn consumer durables 调职 調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away 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 生活资料 生活資料 shēng huó zī liào consumer goods / means of livelihood / means of subsistence / documents relating to sb's life 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 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post 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 官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post 蔗渣 zhè zhā bagasse (sugar cane waste) 消费合作社 消費合作社 xiāo fèi hé zuò shè consumer cooperative 邮汇 郵匯 yóu huì to remit by post / remittance sent by post syn 跎 tuó to stumble / to waste time 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 邮件 郵件 yóu jiàn mail / post / email 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 公告 gōng gào post / announcement 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 复职 復職 fù zhí to resume a post 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 邮报 郵報 yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper) 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 邮寄 郵寄 yóu jì to mail / to send by post syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise 