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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *費* | 費* | *費
to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses
HSK 3
to waste / to squander
HSK 3
to pay a fee
HSK 3
tuition fee / tuition / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to charge a fee
HSK 3
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
HSK 3
free (of charge)
HSK 4
funds / expenditure / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 5
expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure
HSK 6
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
service charge / processing fee / commission
HSK 6
to pay / to cover the costs
HSK 7-9
management fee
HSK 7-9
at one's own expense / self-funded
HSK 7-9
to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander
HSK 7-9
child support payment (after a divorce)
HSK 7-9
to pay a fee
HSK 7-9
at public expense
HSK 7-9
call charge
HSK 7-9
freight fee
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *費* | 費* | *費
surname Fei
membership dues
postage
remittance fee
food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)
incidental costs / sundries / extras
overtime pay
passenger fare
surcharge
travel expenses / money for a voyage / toll
compensation
author's remuneration / CL: 筆|笔
to waste (one's energy etc)
funeral expenses
to spend (money or time)
military expenditure
alimony / child support / maintenance allowance
medical fees
excessive consumption; spending beyond one's means
extravagance and waste (idiom)
room charge
party membership dues
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain
to waste / to squander
travel expenses / fare / traveling allowance
business travel expenses
subscription (rate)
unnecessary expenses
travel expenses
extra pay for hot weather
a kind act that costs nothing
government funded / paid by state stipend
corkage fee
to waste / to squander
to waste / to squander
variant of 靡費|靡费
road maintenance tax (China)
annual fee
tax; levy; duty
admission fee
transport costs
registration fee
(postal, telecom etc) service charge
severance pay (Tw)
insurance premium
transfer fee / signing bonus / sign-on bonus
medical expenses
appearance fee
Tenerife
low level of spending; small expenditure
hush money
to be in arrears / to be out of credit / amount owing
shipping / sea transport
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
maintenance costs
labor cost
"three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles
house call fee / callout fee
insurance fee
money settlement (fine or payment to end a legal dispute)
traffic congestion fee
deductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured) / (UK English) excess
Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers
demurrage (shipping)
connection charge
to spend extravagantly / to squander
service charge / cover charge
airport construction fee (abbr. for 機場建設費|机场建设费)
water bill
expenses for 治裝|治装
demurrage charge (shipping) (currency)
publishing fee; page charge
property management fee
personnel expenditure (accountancy)
facilitation payment / bribe
air freight (cost of air transport)
signing bonus / sign-on bonus
to renew a subscription

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