铺张浪费

鋪張浪費

pūzhānglàngfèi

idiom #49,898

Meanings

1 extravagance and waste
2 ostentatious spending
3 wasteful display

Characters

to spread out; to display

to stretch; to exaggerate

wasteful; careless

to spend; to consume

Examples

婚礼应该节俭，反对铺张浪费。

Hūnlǐ yīnggāi jiéjiǎn, fǎnduì pūzhānglàngfèi.

Weddings should be frugal — oppose extravagant waste.

政府部门要带头反对铺张浪费。

Zhèngfǔ bùmén yào dàitóu fǎnduì pūzhānglàngfèi.

Government departments must take the lead in opposing extravagance and waste.

Tips

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Slogan vocabulary. Perpetual companion to 厉行节约 ('practice strict economy') in anti-waste campaigns — Xi Jinping's 2013 「光盘行动」 (clean-plate campaign) being a signature example.

Stroke Order

铺 pù

张 zhāng

浪 làng

费 fèi