WASTE  浪費耗

EXHAUST UNRESTRAINEDLY, LACKING A GOOD AIM.
SQUANDERMISSPENDMISUSEFRITTER AWAYTHROW AWAYLAVISHDISSIPATETHROW AROUNDINFORMAL BLOWSPLURGE
Hypernym
  • EXHAUSTUSE so as to CAUSE NONE to CONTINUE to EXIST.
    • USEINTERACT with FOR one's SELF:own AIMS.
      • INTERACTACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
Hyponym
  • EXTRAVAGANT　WASTE:wasteful so as to OFTEN EXCESSIVELY USE PROPERTY OR MONEY FOR AMUSEMENT.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for habitual wastefulness is hào 耗 (ant. liǎn 斂 "economical, parsimonious").

    2. Fèi 費 (ant. jié 節 "be economical in the use of resources") refers specifically to single acts of wastefulness.

    3. Fèi 廢 (ant. cún 存 "keep and avoid spending") refers to an inclination to use large sums without necessarily indicating that such large expenditure is wasteful.

    4. Kuàng 曠 "waste" (ant. xī 惜 "make sparing use of") is limited to the combination kuàng rì 曠日 "waste time" (ant. shěng shí 省時 "save time" seems late).

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    白費

    枉費

    空費

    空耗

    浪費

    鋪張

    奢靡

    奢華

    糜費

    糜麗

    侈糜

    揮霍

    撒漫

    濫用

    糟蹋

    亂用

    鋪張浪費

    窮奢極侈

    驕奢淫逸

    大手大腳

    一擲千金

    千金一擲

    揮金如土

    揮霍無度

    暴殄天物

    大吃大喝

    花天酒地

    紙醉金迷

    金迷紙醉

    燈紅酒綠

    醉生夢死

    食日萬錢

    食前方丈

    卜晝卜夜

    俾晝作夜

    象箸玉杯

    酒池肉林

    錦衣玉食

    侯服玉食

    鐘鳴鼎食

    乘堅策肥

    結駟連騎

    裘馬輕肥

    輕裘肥馬

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Words

    費  fèi OC: phɯds MC: phɨi 9 Attributions

    Fèi 費 (ant. jié 節 "be economical in the use of resources") refers specifically to single acts of wastefulness.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 儉/FRUGAL The current general word for the virtue of parsimony is jiǎn 儉 (ant. shē 奢 "extravagant in the use of resources").
    • Ant: 省/FRUGAL The neutral terms for thrift are shěng 省 (ant. fèi 費 "spend freely"), jiǎn 簡, and yuē 約.
    • Object: 神/SOUL Shén 神 is primarily a subtle physical substance which gives man his spiritual dimension (ant. xíng 形 "body")), and the body xíngtǐ 形體 is the abode shè 舍 of the soul.

      Syntactic words
    • nabacta waste; the fact of something being wasted; luxuriousness, reckless use of resources
    • vibe a waste of time
    • viactbe lavish or lavish; be luxurious or extravagant in one's expenditure
    • vtoNwaste in one go, spend money suddenly and on a large scale
    耗  hào OC: hmoows MC: hɑu 4 Attributions

    The current general word for habitual wastefulness is hào 耗 (ant. liǎn 斂 "economical, parsimonious").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwaste gradually in a long process; be wasteful with
    • vtoNpassiveget wasted
    廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 2 Attributions

    Fèi 廢 (ant. cún 存 "keep and avoid spending") refers to an inclination to use large sums without necessarily indicating that such large expenditure is wasteful.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactbeing wastefulDS
    • viactbe wasteful
    荒  huāng OC: hmaaŋ MC: hɑŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabstatestate of being wastedDS
    • vtoNto waste; neglect
    • vtoNpassivebe wasted; be neglected
    薛越  xuē yuè MC: sjet hjwot OC: sŋed ɢʷadLZ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiwastefulLZ
    • VPtoNwasteLZ
    遣  qiǎn OC: khenʔ MC: khiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwaste, fritter away
    虧  kuī MC: khjwe OC: khʷralCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassiveget wasted awayCH
    棲遲  qī chí MC: sej drij OC: -- rlilLZ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPisquander things, behave wastefullyLZ
    捿遲  qi1 chí MC: -- drij OC: -- rlilLZ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNsquanderLZ
    曠  kuàng OC: khʷaaŋs MC: khɑŋ 0 Attributions

    Kuàng 曠"waste" (ant. xī 惜 "make sparing use of") is limited to the combination kuàng rì 曠日"waste time" (ant. shěng shí 省時 "save time" seems late).

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwaste (time) ZGC 曠日"waste time"

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: