hào​fèi HSK7

consume

耗费 (耗費) hào​fèi
consume verb
to expend or use up resources such as time, energy, or money

This project consumed a vast amount of manpower and material resources.

waste verb
to use resources recklessly, inefficiently, or to squander them

He wasted his best years playing games.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.64 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.49 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
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