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开销
kāi xiāo
Meaning
- expenses
- to pay (expenses)
Definition
花费、费用。
expenses; cost.
Usage
用作名词，指因生活、工作、旅行等产生的花费；也可用作动词，表示支付费用。
Used as a noun to refer to expenses incurred from living, work, travel, etc.; also used as a verb meaning to pay expenses.
Examples
- 1 这个月的开销太大了，需要节省一些。 (This month's expenses are too high; we need to save some.)
- 2 旅行的开销包括机票、住宿和餐饮。 (Travel expenses include airfare, accommodation, and meals.)
- 3 他们正在计算这次活动的总开销。 (They are calculating the total cost of this event.)
- 4 公司要求员工报销差旅开销。 (The company requires employees to reimburse travel expenses.)
- 5 为了降低家庭开销，我们开始自己种菜。 (To reduce household expenses, we started growing our own vegetables.)
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