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費時失事 (fai3 si4 sat1 si6) — a big/sheer waste of time; all the time spent is in vain; everything done is pointless; much ado about nothing in Cantonese

fai˗₃費siˎ₄時satˉ¹失siˍ₆事
简 费时失事
Mandarin Pinyin: fei4 shi2 shi1 shi4

Meaning of 費時失事

nouna big/sheer waste of time; all the time spent is in vain; everything done is pointless; much ado about nothing

Characters in 費時失事

費fai3
wasteful; expending too much
時si4
fashionable
失sat1
lose
事si6
be engaged in; go in for

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