劳民伤财 (láo mín shāng cái) | Meaning: (idiom) to waste both manpower and resources | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result事倍功半shì bèi gōng bàn

to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)因小失大yīn xiǎo shī dà

to miscalculate; to misjudge失算shī suàn

(idiom) to go to a great deal of trouble; to mobilize considerable manpower and resources (often unnecessarily)劳师动众láo shī dòng zhòng

to carry out large scale construction大兴土木dà xīng tǔ mù

(idiom) to waste both manpower and resources