HSK 7-9
耗费
hàofèi动
to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
修复壁画耗费了三年时间。
Xiū fù bì huà hào fèi le sān nián shí jiān.
Restoring the mural took three years.
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Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.