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暴殄天物

bào tiǎn tiān wù

Meaning

  • to waste natural resources recklessly
  • not to know how to use things sparingly

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Example sentences

  • 连电脑怎么用都不知道,却买那么贵的机型,真是暴殄天物。

    連電腦怎麼用都不知道,卻買那麼貴的機型,真是暴殄天物。

    lián diàn nǎo zěn me yòng dōu bù zhī dào, què mǎi nà me guì de jī xíng, zhēn shì bào tiǎn tiān wù。

    They don't even know how to use a computer, yet they buy such an expensive model. What a waste!

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