Radical:

meaning for fèi:

  • - to cost
  • - to spend
  • - fee
  • - wasteful
  • - expensesto consume
  • - to spendcost
  • - expenditure
  • - expense
  • - Classifiers: 笔 to charge a feefunds
  • - expenditure
  • - Classifiers: 笔 free (of charge)

bīnguǎn宾馆
fèi
lǚfèi旅费
yóu
gōngsī公司
zhīfù支付

The company pays their hotel and travel expenses.


jǐngchá警察
fèi
le
jiǔniúèrhǔzhīlì九牛二虎之力
ràng
chuānliúbùxī川流不息
de
chēliàng车辆
tǒngtǒng统统
tíng
le
xiàlai下来

With extreme difficulty, the policeman brought the various streams of traffic to halt.


shuāidǎo摔倒
hòu
húnshēn浑身
téngtòng疼痛
fèi
le
hěndà很大
jìn
cái
huǎn
guòlái过来

After the fall, he felt aching all over his body and it took a lot of effort to recover.


huòqǔ获取
ruǎnjiàn软件
zhuānlì专利
shì
fèi
zhōuzhé周折
de
yījiàn一件
shì
dàn
zhǔyào主要
de
gōngzuòliàng工作量
zài
jìshù技术
shàng

Getting software patents takes a lot of work, but it's not primarily engineering effort.