劳民伤财
Traditional form:
勞民傷財
Pinyin (reading):
láomínshāngcái
Definitions:
- waste of manpower and resources
Characters:
- 劳 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work
- 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 伤 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
- 财 - riches, wealth, valuables
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