Verbconsume; expend; cost

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Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 耗费.
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费 stroke order svg

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How to Use 耗费 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 耗费 with other words naturally.
Adverb + Verbwith大量
liáng
hào
fèi
neutral
consume a great deal
Verb + Object
hào
fèi
jīng
neutral
consume energy
hào
fèi
shí
jiān
neutral
consume time
Verb + Complementwith巨大
hào
fèi
formalWritten
consume enormously

Example Sentences with 耗费

hào
fèi
le
hěn
duō
shí
jiān
zuò
zuò
He spent a lot of time doing homework.
wèi
le
zhǔn
bèi
zhè
yǎn
jiǎng
hào
fèi
le
zhěng
zhěng
zhōu
de
shí
jiān
He spent a whole week preparing for this speech.
zhè
xiàng
de
gōng
chéng
jiāng
hào
fèi
é
jīn
shù
nián
guāng
yīn
This complex project is expected to consume vast amounts of funds and several years.
zhè
ge
xiàng
hào
fèi
le
liàng
de
rén
This project consumed a lot of manpower and material resources.
nán
dào
jué
de
wèi
zhè
diǎn
xiǎo
shì
hào
fèi
xīn
shén
hěn
zhí
ma
Don't you think it's not worth expending mental energy on such a trivial matter?
xīn
tǒng
bìng
wèi
hào
fèi
guò
duō
yuán
fǎn
ér
shēng
le
zhěng
xiào
The new system did not consume excessive resources; on the contrary, it improved overall efficiency.
wèi
le
wán
chéng
zhè
xiàng
rèn
men
hào
fèi
le
shǎo
jīng
dàn
zuì
zhōng
le
chéng
gōng
To complete this task, we expended considerable effort, but ultimately achieved success.
suī
rán
hào
fèi
le
liàng
xīn
xuè
dàn
kàn
dào
zuì
zhōng
chéng
guǒ
qiè
chū
dōu
zhí
Although it cost a great deal of effort, seeing the final outcome made all the expenditure worthwhile.