劳民伤财(láo mín shāng cái): (idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
4 charactersTrad. 勞民傷財
(idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- láo mín shāng cái
- Meaning
- (idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 勞民傷財
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 劳民伤财 — tap one to open its word page.
láo劳dòng动
HSK 5work
gōng功láo劳
HSK 7-9contribution
láo劳dòng动lì力
HSK 7-9labor force
láo劳wù务
HSK 7-9service (work done for money)
yī一láo劳yǒng永yì逸
to get sth done once and for all
bù不láo劳ér而huò获
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
bù不cí辞láo劳kǔ苦
to spare no effort
wǔ五láo劳qī七shāng伤
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五脏, and …
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