Definition
公费 (gōng fèi) refers to expenses paid by public or government funds, often used as a modifier before nouns (e.g., 公费留学 'government-funded study'). 公款 (gōng kuǎn) is the money itself (public funds), typically used as the object of verbs like 挪用 (misappropriate).
noun
at public expense (public funding, government-sponsored)
Examples
- 公费。Gōngsī pài tā qù Měiguó gōng fèi liúxué.The company sent him to the United States for government-funded study.
- 公费。Zhè cì gōng fèi lǚyóu yóu dānwèi zǔzhī.This publicly funded trip is organized by the company.
- 公费。Guójiā wèi pínkùn xuéshēng tígōng gōng fèi jiàoyù.The state provides publicly funded education for disadvantaged students.
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