mí
rice gruel
rotten
to waste (money)
mí làn
dissipated
rotten
decaying
mí fèi
variant of 靡費|靡费[mi2 fei4]
hé bù shí ròu mí
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat)
fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight