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waste meaning in Chinese

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waste [wastes] (action of wasting, ineffective use)
noun
[UK: weɪst]
[US: ˈweɪst]

浪費noun

浪费 /làngfèi/noun

waste [wasted, wasting, wastes] (to squander)
verb
[UK: weɪst]
[US: ˈweɪst]

浪費verb

浪费 /làngfèi/verb

白費verb

白费 /báifèi/verb

waste [wastes] (waste land, desolate region)
noun
[UK: weɪst]
[US: ˈweɪst]

荒地 /huāngdì/noun

waste breath (to speak futilely)
verb
[UK: weɪst breθ]
[US: ˈweɪst ˈbreθ]

白說verb

白说 /báishuō/verb

waste not, want not phrase

俭以防匮 /jiǎnyǐfángkuì/phrase

儉以防匱phrase

waste of time (pointless or unproductive activity)
noun
[UK: weɪst əv ˈtaɪm]
[US: ˈweɪst əv ˈtaɪm]

浪費時間noun

浪费时间 /làngfèi shíjiān/noun

waste picker (person who salvages materials thrown away)
noun

拾荒者 /shíhuāngzhě/noun

waste sorting (separation of waste)
noun

垃圾分类 /lājī fēnlèi/noun

垃圾分類noun

waste time (allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner)
verb
[UK: weɪst ˈtaɪm]
[US: ˈweɪst ˈtaɪm]

浪費時間verb

浪费时间 /làngfèi shíjiān/verb

wasteful (inclined to waste)
adjective
[UK: ˈweɪst.fəl]
[US: ˈweɪst.fəl]

浪費adjective

浪费 /làngfèi/adjective

wasteland [wastelands] (barren and uninteresting place)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪst.lænd]
[US: ˈweɪˌst.lænd]

单调的地方 /dāndiào de dìfang/noun

單調的地方noun

wasteland [wastelands] (region with no remaining resources; desert)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪst.lænd]
[US: ˈweɪˌst.lænd]

荒地 /huāngdì/noun

wastepaper (unwanted paper that has been discarded)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪst.ˌpe.pə(r)]
[US: ˈweɪst.ˌpe.pər]

废纸 /fèizhǐ/noun

廢紙noun

wastepaper basket (small open container for discarded paper)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪst.ˌpe.pə(r) ˈbɑː.skɪt]
[US: ˈweɪst.ˌpe.pər ˈbæ.skət]

废纸篓 /fèizhǐlǒu/noun

廢紙簍noun

紙簍noun

纸篓 /zhǐlǒu/noun

wastewater [wastewaters] (water containing waste products)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪˌs.twɒ.tə(r)]
[US: ˈweɪˌs.twɒ.tər]

污水 /wūshuǐ/noun

bulky waste (a waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection)
noun

大件垃圾 /dàjiànlājī/noun

e-waste (discarded electrical and electronic equipment)
noun

电子垃圾 /diànzǐ lājī/noun

电子废弃物 /diànzǐ fèiqìwù/noun

电子废物 /diànzǐ fèiwù/noun

電子垃圾noun

電子廢棄物noun

電子廢物noun

haste makes waste (being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes)
phrase
[UK: heɪst ˈmeɪks weɪst]
[US: ˈheɪst ˈmeɪks ˈweɪst]

欲速则不达 /yù sù zé bù dá/phrase

欲速則不達phrase

radioactive waste (type of waste)
noun
[UK: ˌreɪ.dɪəʊ.ˈæk.tɪv weɪst]
[US: ˌreɪ.dɪo.ʊ.ˈæk.tɪv ˈweɪst]

放射性废料 /fàngshèxìng fèiliào/noun

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