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白費力氣 (baak6 fai3 lik6 hei3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

白費力氣 (baak6 fai3 lik6 hei3, bái fèi lì qì) — (proverb) to waste someone's energy; all the labor or manpower's work is in vain

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 白做 (baak6 zou6) — (noun) the work someone has done come in vain
• 白光 (baak6 gwong1) — (noun) white light
• 白刃戰 (baak6 jan6 zin3) — hand-to-hand combat
• 白化 (baak6 faa3) — albefaction; whitening (白化症 Albino)
• 白地 (baak6 dei6) — bare land
• 白小姐 (baak6 siu2 ze2) — (appellation) Ms Peck

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