费 ¹fèi V ①Cost Spend Expend Tā ∼Le

¹fèi

v. ①cost; spend; expend | Tā ∼le hěn dà gōngfu cái bǎ huāyuán shōushi hǎo. He expended great effort to make the garden clean and tidy.

买这部电影机~了我们不少钱。Buying this projector cost us a lot of money

买东西~时间。go shopping takes time

② consume to quick, be wasteful 这孩子穿鞋太~。this kid wears out his shoes much to quickly

◆b.f. fee; dues; expense;  医药~ medical expenses