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Home / Idiom / 暴殄天物

to waste natural resources recklessly · not to know how to use things sparingly

暴殄天物
bào tiǎn tiān wù
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to squander recklessly; to spend extravagantly挥霍无度huī huò wú dùlit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) · fig. to spend money like water · extravagant挥金如土huī jīn rú tǔto squander money · extravagant · prodigal · free and easy · agile挥霍huī huòluxurious · extravagant奢侈shē chǐlit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) · fig. to spend one's money without generating any income坐吃山空zuò chī shān kōnginappreciative of art or beauty · (reference to a rich vulgarian who) cooked the crane for meat and burned a stringed instrument for fuel煮鹤焚琴zhǔ hè fén qín
Antonyms
(idiom) industrious and frugal克勤克俭kè qín kè jiǎnmeticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)精打细算jīng dǎ xì suànto save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally节衣缩食jié yī suō shí
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