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浪費

简浪费 · 繁浪費

Mandarin · pinyin làng fèi

to waste
to squander

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浪: làng · wave; wasteful, reckless
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费: fèi · expenses, expenditures, fee

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4–4 · lang4 fei4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

long4 fai3 · long6 fai3

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verb

to waste; to squander

adj

wasteful

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