Traditional: 浪費
浪费 (làng fèi) means “to waste; to squander”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word (traditional 浪費) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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不要浪费时间。
Bú yào làngfèi shíjiān.
Don't waste time.
Updated: 2026-05-27