枉費

枉费
wǎngfèi
  1. to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc)
  2. to try in vain

CEDICT

to waste (effort, money, etc.)

Wiktionary

白費、空費。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 枉 wǎng
  1. to twist
  2. crooked
  3. unjust
  4. in vain
2 費 fèi
  1. to cost
  2. to spend
  3. fee
  4. wasteful
  5. expenses

Related entries

嘥 sāi to waste (Cantonese)
拋費 pāofèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander
曠費 kuàngfèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander
浪費 làngfèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander
你在浪費水。

You're wasting water.

Source: Tatoeba

白瞎 báixiā (dialect) to waste (effort, money etc)
白費 báifèi to waste (one's energy etc)
你白費力氣了。

You're barking up the wrong tree.

Source: Tatoeba

糟踐 zāojian
  1. to waste
  2. to spoil
  3. to destroy
  4. to insult grievously
耗 hào
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
  5. news
  6. (coll.) to delay
  7. to dilly-dally
我把旅费耗光了。

I have run out of my traveling expenses.

Source: Tatoeba

耗損 hàosǔn to waste
耗費 hàofèi
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
整个过程需要耗费数月。

The whole process will take months.

Source: Tatoeba

靡 mí to waste (money)
靡費 mífèi
  1. to waste
  2. to squander
曠廢 kuàngfèi
  1. to neglect (work)
  2. to waste (one's talents)
花掉 huādiào
  1. to spend (time, money)
  2. to waste
錢要花很長的時間來賺, 但你可以一下子就花掉它了。

Money takes a long time to earn, but you can spend it in no time.

Source: Tatoeba

曠 kuàng
  1. to neglect
  2. to skip (class or work)
  3. to waste (time)
  4. vast
  5. loose-fitting
糜 mí
  1. rice gruel
  2. rotten
  3. to waste (money)
貽誤 yíwù
  1. to affect adversely
  2. to delay or hinder
  3. to waste (an opportunity)
  4. to mislead
妄圖 wàngtú
  1. to try in vain
  2. futile attempt
武士團夥來來往往，忙於家族世仇；但絕大多數人繼續耕作土地，只要他們不干涉自己村莊社區的獨立，人們就對那些妄圖統治他們的人漠不關心。

The warrior bands came and went, prosecuting their family feuds; but the great mass continued to till the soil, taking but little notice of their would-be rulers, so long as they did not interfere with the independence of their village communities.

Source: Tatoeba