破费

破費
pòfèi
to spend (money or time)

CEDICT

  1. (polite) to spend money; to go to some expense
  2. to spend money; to go to some expense

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 破 pò
  1. broken
  2. damaged
  3. worn out
  4. lousy
  5. rotten
  6. to break, split or cleave
  7. to get rid of
  8. to destroy
  9. to break with
  10. to defeat
  11. to capture (a city etc)
  12. to expose the truth of
2 费 fèi
  1. to cost
  2. to spend
  3. fee
  4. wasteful
  5. expenses

Related entries

斥资 chìzī
  1. to spend
  2. to allocate funds
耗资 hàozī
  1. to spend
  2. expenditure
  3. to cost
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

花用 huāyòng to spend (money)
花销 huāxiāo
  1. to spend (money)
  2. expenses
她出国的时候花销很大。

She spends a lot of money when she goes abroad.

Source: Tatoeba

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