láo​rén​fèi​mǎ

to waste manpower and resources

  • created sense approved 劳人费马/勞人費馬 · láo​rén​fèi​mǎ · to waste manpower and resources — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    劳人费马 / 勞人費馬

    láo​rén​fèi​mǎ

    to waste manpower and resources

    to cause people great toil and exhaustion; to exhaust manpower and resources while rushing about; a waste of time and energy

    劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · to work 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 费 (literal) → 费/費 · fèi · to exert 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse

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    created sense