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lãng phí

Pronunciation Northern /laʔaŋ˧˥ fi˧˥/ Central /laːŋ˧˩˨ fḭ˩˧/ Southern /laːŋ˨˩˦ fi˧˥/
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To waste money, time, resources, or opportunities unnecessarily…
Verb
To waste money, time, resources, or opportunities unnecessarily…
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
To waste money, time, resources, or opportunities unnecessarily… Core ActionsTheme

To waste money, time, resources, or opportunities unnecessarily or inefficiently.

Parts
lãng / phí / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 浪費 …
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Components

Components

lãng phí

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 浪費

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
浪費
Candidates by syllable
lãng 朗 phí 費（沸）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
hoang phí / nướng
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Easily confused

Same meaning
Use
lãng mạn / lãng quên / lãng du / văn lãng …
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lãng (hard of hearing) — words using
phí (waste) — words using
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