付諸東流

wasted effort

surname Fu

to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things

to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc)

surname Zhu

all / various

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade