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hoài phí

Pronunciation Northern /hwa̤ːj˨˩ fi˧˥/ Central /hwaːj˧˧ fḭ˩˧/ Southern /hwaːj˨˩ fi˧˥/
to waste; to squander
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Verb
to waste; to squander
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to waste; to squander Core ActionsTheme

The act of wasting something valuable or letting an opportunity pass in a way that is deeply regretted.

vi Đừng hoài phí thời gian vào những việc vô ích.

en Don't waste time on useless things.

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Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
懷費
Candidates by syllable
hoài 懷（淮） phí 費（沸）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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