劳民费财 | toil people and waste money

láo劳mín民fèi费cái财

To cause people to toil and waste money; to squander human and material resources.

这个项目因为规划不周，导致返工多次，最终成了劳民费财的典型。

This project, due to poor planning, resulted in multiple reworks and ultimately became a classic example of wasting manpower and money.

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