公费 (gōng fèi) — at public expense (public funding, government-sponsored)
Definition
公费 means 'at public expense' — funding provided by an institution or state. 公款, by contrast, is the public MONEY itself (the funds as a resource you must manage responsibly).
noun
at public expense (public funding, government-sponsored)
Examples
- 公费。Gōng sī pài tā qù měi guó gōng fèi liú xué.The company sent him to the United States for government-funded study.
- 公费。Zhè cì gōng fèi lǚ yóu yóu dān wèi zǔ zhī.This publicly funded trip is organized by the company.
- 公费。Guó jiā wèi pín kùn xué shēng tí gōng gōng fèi jiào yù.The state provides publicly funded education for disadvantaged students.
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