耗

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

surname Mao

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

plow

news of sb's death / grievous news

news of sb's death; sad news

wear and tear

electric consumption / power wastage

low consumption (energy, fuel etc)

to write back / to send a reply

loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage

consumables

damage (e.g. to goods in transit)

internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization