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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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] 坐失机宜 坐失機宜 zuò shī jī yí to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance 鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 焚琴煮鹤 焚琴煮鶴 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things 放射性废物暂时贮存 放射性廢物暫時貯存 fàng shè xìng fèi wù zàn shí zhù cún interim radioactive waste storage, intermediate radioactive waste storage / waste storage 废弃电子电器 廢棄電子電器 waste electrical and electronic equipment / electronic waste / e-waste 低水平放射性废物 低水平放射性廢物 dī shuǐ píng fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-activity waste / low-level waste / low-level radioactive waste 放射性废物储存处 nuclear waste repository / radioactive waste repository 放射性废物包 fàng shè xìng fèi wù bāo radioactive waste package / waste package. 中放废物 中放廢物 intermediate-level waste / medium level waste 城市固态废物 城市固態廢物 municipal solid waste / urban solid waste 厨余 廚餘 chú yú kitchen waste / food waste (recycling) 废土 廢土 fèi tǔ waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc) / (post-apocalyptic) wasteland 低放射性废物 低放射性廢物 dī fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-level waste 放射性废物 放射性廢物 fàng shè xìng fèi wù radioactive waste 核废物 核廢物 hé fèi wù nuclear waste 巟 huāng a watery waste / to reach 分解代谢 分解代謝 fēn jiě dài xiè catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation 厚养薄葬 厚養薄葬 hòu yǎng bó zàng generous care but a thrifty funeral / to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral 嘥 sāi to waste (Cantonese) 尾矿库 尾礦庫 wěi kuàng kù slag heap / dump of mining waste 抛费 拋費 pāo fèi to waste / to squander 拖磨 tuō mó dawdling / to waste time 撒网捕风 撒網捕風 sā wǎng bǔ fēng lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom) 旷废 曠廢 kuàng fèi to neglect (work) / to waste (one's talents) 泡蘑菇 pào mó gu to procrastinate / to shilly-shally and waste time syn 清洁袋 清潔袋 qīng jié dài waste disposal bag 白费唇舌 白費唇舌 bái fèi chún shé to whistle down the wind / to waste one's breath (idiom) 稳定塘 穩定塘 wěn dìng táng waste stabilization pond 粪尿 糞尿 fèn niào feces and urine / excreta / human or animal waste 绵绸 綿綢 mián chóu rough-textured fabric of waste silk 荒弃 荒棄 huāng qì to abandon / to let go to waste 虚度光阴 虛度光陰 xū dù guāng yīn to waste time on worthless activities 贫液 貧液 pín yè waste liquid / liquid with precipitate skimmed off 费口舌 費口舌 fèi kǒu shé to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining syn 钻牛角 鑽牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / 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 / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 废酸 廢酸 fèi suān spent acid / sludge acid / waste acid 废物处理 廢物處理 fèi wù chǔ lǐ waste treatment 工业废物 工業廢物 gōng yè fèi wù industrial waste 