劳民费财 — “To cause people to toil and waste money”
劳民费财 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cause people to toil and waste money”. To squander human and material resources. Literally, “Toil the people and waste money”.
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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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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yàn燕fēn分fēi飞lovers forced to part ways
- láo劳jīn筋kǔ苦gǔ骨toil muscles and bitter bones
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What does 劳民费财 mean?
劳民费财 (láo mín fèi cái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cause people to toil and waste money”.
How do you pronounce 劳民费财?
劳民费财 is pronounced láo mín fèi cái in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 劳民费财 literally mean?
Literally, 劳民费财 means “Toil the people and waste money”. It is used to mean “to cause people to toil and waste money”.
What is the Chinese definition of 劳民费财?
既使人民劳苦，又耗费钱财。现也指滥用人力物力。亦作“劳民伤财”。