不要把時間浪費在瑣事上

Don't waste time on trifles.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不要 bùyào don't!; must not
=2 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=2 把 bà handle
=2 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
3 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time
4 浪費 làngfèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander
5 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
6 瑣事 suǒshì trifle
=7 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=7 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above