No. 1,619 in Chinese
消費
"消費" means "to consume" or "expenditure."
In a sentence
在这家商店购物时,我进行了高额的消費。
While shopping in this store, I made a high amount of expenditure.
Here, '消費' is used to denote the act of spending money in a store or shopping context.
现代人常常花费更多时间和金钱在娱乐消費上。
Modern people often spend more time and money on recreational consumption.
In this context, '消費' is utilized to refer to consumption related to leisure activities.
我们需要关注自己的消費习惯,以实现更好的财务管理。
We need to pay attention to our consumption habits to achieve better financial management.
Here, '消費' is applied abstractly to indicate overall consumer behavior and practices.
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