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 面子 miàn zi (medicinal) powder syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust 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 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin 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 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 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 火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm) 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 洗衣粉 xǐ yī fěn laundry detergent / washing powder 废气 廢氣 fèi qì exhaust gas / industrial waste gas 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) syn 化妆室 化妝室 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets 产出 產出 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 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 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 火药桶 火藥桶 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg 粉盒 fěn hé (cosmetics) powder box / compact 可可粉 kě kě fěn cocoa powder 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 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder syn 废液 廢液 fèi yè waste liquids 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 耗损 耗損 hào sǔn to waste 废渣 廢渣 fèi zhā industrial waste product / slag 粉扑 粉撲 fěn pū powder puff (cosmetics) 剂型 劑型 jì xíng delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc) 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 粉饼 粉餅 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 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 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 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 细粉 細粉 xì fěn powder 散粉 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup) 费话 費話 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 散剂 散劑 sǎn jì powder medicine syn 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 糟践 糟踐 zāo jian to waste / to spoil / to destroy / to insult grievously syn 丹 dān red / pellet / powder / cinnabar syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of 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 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 耗 hào to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn 旷 曠 kuàng to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 糜 mí rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) syn 靡 mí to waste (money) syn 咖喱粉 gā lí fěn curry powder 屈才 qū cái to waste talent syn 末子 mò zi powder / dust 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 绵白糖 綿白糖 mián bái táng sugar powder 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 黑火药 hēi huǒ yào black powder 牙粉 yá fěn tooth powder 泡打粉 pào dǎ fěn baking powder 蔗渣 zhè zhā bagasse (sugar cane waste) 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 发粉 發粉 fā fěn baking powder syn 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 碎末 suì mò flecks / particles / bits / fine powder syn 