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Expression Profile · lao-min-shang-cai
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劳民伤财

láo mín shāng cái
📊 Corpus Indexed: 4 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom

[Scene: 职场工作]

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培养新人作者就是劳民伤财
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培养新人作者就是 劳民伤财

(今天下午还有新作者策划会呢) ── Previous context

“Developing new authors takes a lot of effort with uncertain returns.”

《爱情没有神话》 · 29:06
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你这辜负了 我对你的信任 劳民伤财的 你把夜校
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你这辜负了 我对你的信任 劳民伤财 的 你把夜校

(你做干部这么多年 你这点判断你都没有吗) ── Previous context

“You've betrayed my trust in you. It wasted effort. You messed up the night school.”

《小城大事》 · 02:13
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[Scene: 其他场景]

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只劳民 不伤财 再说了
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只劳民 不伤财 再说了

(劳民伤财) ── Previous context

“Waste of energy, maybe, but not money. Besides,”

《家事法庭》 · 39:27
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[Scene: 历史宫廷]

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劳民伤财 谢妃
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劳民伤财 谢妃

(却要费尽心思) ── Previous context

“wasting resources and burdening the people. Consort Xie,”

《成何体统》 · 30:41
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