白费 - Zhictionary

白费

白費

báifèi

to waste (one's energy etc)

CEDICT

to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)

Examples

你白费力气了。

You're barking up the wrong tree.

Source: Tatoeba

他们的努力都白费了。

All their efforts were in vain.

Source: Tatoeba

我们所有的努力都白费了。

All our efforts were in vain.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

白

bái

white
snowy
pure
bright
empty
blank
plain
clear
to make clear
in vain
gratuitous
free of charge
reactionary
anti-communist
funeral
to stare coldly
to write wrong character
to state
to explain
vernacular
spoken lines in opera

费

fèi

to cost
to spend
fee
wasteful
expenses

Containing this entry

白费唇舌

báifèichúnshé

to whistle down the wind
to waste one's breath (idiom)

白费心思

báifèixīnsī

Related entries

to waste
to squander

旷费

kuàngfèi

to waste
to squander

枉费

wǎngfèi

to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc)
to try in vain

浪费

làngfèi

to waste
to squander

你在浪費水。

You're wasting water.

Source: Tatoeba

白瞎

báixiā

(dialect) to waste (effort, money etc)

糟践

zāojian

to waste
to spoil
to destroy
to insult grievously

耗

hào

to waste
to spend
to consume
to squander
news
(coll.) to delay
to dilly-dally

我把旅费耗光了。

I have run out of my traveling expenses.

Source: Tatoeba

to waste
to spend
to consume
to squander

整个过程需要耗费数月。

The whole process will take months.

Source: Tatoeba

to waste
to squander

旷废

kuàngfèi

to neglect (work)
to waste (one's talents)

花掉

huādiào

to spend (time, money)
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

旷

kuàng

to neglect
to skip (class or work)
to waste (time)
vast
loose-fitting

糜

mí

rice gruel
rotten
to waste (money)

贻误

yíwù

to affect adversely
to delay or hinder
to waste (an opportunity)
to mislead