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English

1. in vain
2. in vain; for nothing
3. to no purpose
4. for nothing
5. white

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 做咗都無用；徒勞無功噉

Examples

• 時間就喺咁樣白白浪費嘞。

  This is how time is all wasted.

  Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

• 政府白白浪費咗五千萬顧問費。

  The government has wasted a consultant's fee of $50 million for nothing.

• 他白白犧牲生命，忘了出賣組織。

  He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.

  Tatoeba · shou CC BY