Definition
费时 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to take time' or 'to be time-consuming'. You can insert a duration or quantifier between 费 and 时, e.g., 费了很多时 ('spent a lot of time'). It is often used with 很 or 太 to describe something that requires a lot of time.
v.o.
to take timeto be time-consuming
Examples
- 费时。Zuò zhè jiàn shì hěn fèi shí.Doing this thing is very time-consuming.
- ，。Wèile zhège xiàngmù, wǒ fèi le hěn duō shí.For this project, I spent a lot of time.
- 费时，。Zhège rènwù tài fèi shí le, wǒ bù xiǎng zuò.This task is too time-consuming; I don't want to do it.
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