劳民伤财 — “To cause people to toil and waste money”
劳民伤财 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cause people to toil and waste money”. To squander resources and labor; to be wasteful of human and material resources. Literally, “exhaust people, waste resources”.
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劳民伤财 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 劳láo
- 民mín
- 伤shāng
- 财cái
劳民伤财 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 劳民伤财
这个项目因为规划不周，导致后续返工不断，真是劳民伤财。
Due to poor planning, this project required constant rework, truly wasting both human and material resources.
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More idioms starting with 劳
- láo劳shí什zi子a troublesome nuisance or insignificant thing
- láo劳shī师dòng动zhòng众mobilize many people for a minor task
- láo劳shī师mí糜xiǎng饷exhaust troops and waste provisions
- láo劳shī师xí袭yuǎn远exhaust troops attacking distant enemy
- láo劳xíng形kǔ苦xīn心wear out body and mind
- láo劳xīn心jiāo焦sī思to rack one's brains and worry anxiously
- láo劳xīn心kǔ苦sī思rack one's brains and ponder anxiously
- láo劳sī思yì逸yín淫Toil breeds thought, ease breeds indulgence
- láo劳mín民dòng动zhòng众mobilize many people for a task
- láo劳mín民fèi费cái财toil people and waste money
- láo劳yàn燕fēn分fēi飞lovers forced to part ways
- láo劳jīn筋kǔ苦gǔ骨toil muscles and bitter bones
Questions about 劳民伤财
- What does 劳民伤财 mean?
- 劳民伤财 (láo mín shāng cái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cause people to toil and waste money”.
- How do you pronounce 劳民伤财?
- 劳民伤财 is pronounced láo mín shāng cái in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 劳民伤财 literally mean?
- Literally, 劳民伤财 means “exhaust people, waste resources”. It is used to mean “to cause people to toil and waste money”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 劳民伤财?
- 既使人民劳苦，又耗费钱财。现也指滥用人力物力。