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to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander
HSK 7-9
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  *耗* | 耗* | *耗
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally
HSK 7-9
time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
HSK 7-9
consumables / to consume raw materials
to dissipate / to squander
to consume energy
to consume electricity / power consumption
to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain
(dialect) mouse; rat
to waste
to spend / expenditure / to cost
you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之)
requiring much time and effort
fuel consumption
to require much effort
(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost


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