(dialect) mouse; rat

to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander

to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally

time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)

to require much effort

(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost

to waste

to dissipate; to squander

consumables; to consume raw materials

to consume electricity; power consumption

to consume energy

to spend; expenditure; to cost

fuel consumption

you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之[hao3 zi4 wei2 zhi1])

requiring much time and effort