铺张浪费 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• extravagance and waste

Character by character

• 铺pūshop, store; bed, mattress
• 张zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a shee
• 浪làngbreaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
• 费fèiexpenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful

Idioms sharing a character

• 平铺直叙 píng pū zhí xù
• 铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì
• 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
• 做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì
• 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
• 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
• 大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá
• 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
• 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
• 张三李四 Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì

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