bào tiǎn tiān wùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly
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Original source entry:

暴殄天物 暴殄天物 [bao4 tian3 tian1 wu4] /to waste natural resources recklessly/not to know how to use things sparingly/

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暴殄天物
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