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

to bless, to cherish, to take good care of, to conserve

用掉, 花费

seedling (of rice or other grain), CL:棵[ke1]

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

choir, do a chorus, sing in a chorus, chorus, descant