治疗 治療 zhì liáo to treat (an illness) / medical treatment / therapy syn 浪费 浪費 làng fèi to waste / to squander syn 对待 對待 duì dài to treat / treatment syn 医疗 醫療 yī liáo medical treatment syn 废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish / waste material / useless person syn 疗法 療法 liáo fǎ therapy / treatment 急救 jí jiù to give emergency treatment / first aid syn 耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn 待遇 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank syn 白费 白費 bái fèi to waste (one's energy etc) syn 疗程 療程 liáo chéng course of treatment 优惠 優惠 yōu huì privilege / favorable (terms) / preferential (treatment) / discount (price) syn 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) 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 医治 醫治 yī zhì to treat (an illness) / medical treatment syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair 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 优待 優待 yōu dài preferential treatment / to give preferential treatment 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 诊疗 診療 zhěn liáo diagnosis and treatment 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 就医 就醫 jiù yī to receive medical treatment 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 网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment syn 误诊 誤診 wù zhěn to misdiagnose / to be late in giving medical treatment 扎针 扎針 zhā zhēn to give or have an acupuncture treatment 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 礼遇 禮遇 lǐ yù courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception 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 求医 求醫 qiú yī to seek medical treatment / to see a doctor syn 对等 對等 duì děng equal status / equal treatment / parity (under the law) / equity / reciprocity 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 热处理 熱處理 rè chǔ lǐ hot treatment (e.g. of metal) 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 耗损 耗損 hào sǔn to waste 废渣 廢渣 fèi zhā industrial waste product / slag 厚待 hòu dài generous treatment syn 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 面膜 miàn mó facial mask / cleanser / face pack / facial (treatment) 专治 專治 zhuān zhì (of medicine) to use specifically for the treatment of 污水处理 污水處理 wū shuǐ chǔ lǐ sewage treatment 水处理 水處理 shuǐ chǔ lǐ water treatment 抓紧时间 抓緊時間 zhuā jǐn shí jiān to waste no time in (doing sth) / to hurry up 透析 tòu xī to analyze in depth / dialysis / (chemistry) to dialyze / (medicine) to undergo dialysis treatment 药物治疗 藥物治療 yào wù zhì liáo drug treatment 垃圾处理 refuse treatment 从优 從優 cóng yōu preferential treatment / most favored terms syn 花掉 huā diào to spend (time, money) / to waste 潜规则 潛規則 qián guī zé unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) 住院治疗 住院治療 zhù yuàn zhì liáo to receive hospital treatment / to be hospitalized 雾化 霧化 wù huà to make into a fine spray / to atomize / (medicine) nebulizer treatment 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 废水处理 廢水處理 fèi shuǐ chǔ lǐ wastewater treatment 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 施治 shī zhì to apply a treatment / to undertake a therapy 公费医疗 公費醫療 gōng fèi yī liáo medical treatment at public expense 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 转诊 轉診 zhuǎn zhěn to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital) 费话 費話 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 小手术 小手術 minor treatment / minor surgery 辨证论治 辨證論治 biàn zhèng lùn zhì holistic diagnosis and treatment (TCM) 保外就医 保外就醫 bǎo wài jiù yī to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner) 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 候诊 候診 hòu zhěn waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment 靡 mí to waste (money) syn 屈才 qū cái to waste talent syn 宽待 寬待 kuān dài to treat leniently / liberal treatment syn 富贵病 富貴病 fù guì bìng rich person's ailment (needing expensive treatment and long recuperation) 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