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花费

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

花费 [huāfèi]
  1. 1. verb spend
    花费心血
    expend effort
    留学的花费很大。
    It's very expensive to study abroad.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

花费 [huāfèi]
  1. 1. spend; expend; cost; take
    那个县长花费巨额公款装修官邸的内幕被曝光了。
    虽然花费了大量的人力、物力，但收效不大。
    作家花费巨大精力写成了这本书。
    花费心血
    take pains
    花费时间
    spend time; take time
    花费金钱
    spend money (on a project, etc.)
  2. 2. money spent; expenditure; expenses
    这是一笔不小的花费。
    这笔花费我担负不了。
    I can't afford the expense.
  3. 3. fork out

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

花费 [huāfèi]
  1. 1. 动 消耗;用掉(金钱、时间、精力)
    花费了不少钱
    这项设计花费了半年工夫才搞出来
    花费精力。
  2. 2. 名 耗费的钱
    外出旅游的花费相当可观。
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Examples

花费金钱
spend money (on a project, etc.) → 花费
花费时间
spend time; take time → 花费
花费心血
take pains → 花费
这笔花费我担负不了。
I can't afford the expense. → 花费
这事需要花费气力。
This will take a lot of doing. → 气力
这是个花费气力的事情。 → 气力
装修的花费大大超出了原来预算的数额。 → 数额
他花费了很多心思去讨好她。 → 心思
买电脑的花费对我来说，是一笔不小的金额，我在家没有掌握财政大权。 → 大权
冶炼钢铁花费巨大。 → 钢铁
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Collocations

花费掉
to have spent money
花费时间
to take time
花费的心血
to take pains
每年花费
annual expenditure
共花费
total expenses
节省花费
to save money
花费很大
costly
人均花费
per capita expenses
装修花费
decoration expenses
花费总额
total expenses

Word Decomposition

花
[huā] 		+ 费
[fèi]

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