废 fèi

abrogate, terminate, discard

HSK 5 #1376

DEFINITIONS

  • abrogate, terminate, discard
  • to abolish
  • to abandon
  • to abrogate
  • to discard
  • to depose
  • to oust
  • crippled
  • abandoned
  • waste
  • variant of 廢|废[fei4]
  • disabled

STROKES

WORDS

废置 fèi zhì to discard; to shelve as useless
因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
废渣 fèi zhā industrial waste product; slag
百废待兴 bǎi fèi dài xīng many things waiting to be done (idiom); a thousand things to do
三废 sān fèi three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1]
不以人废言 bù yǐ rén fèi yán not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
以人废言 yǐ rén fèi yán to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
低放射性废物 dī fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-level waste
偏废 piān fèi to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others
废品收购站 fèi pǐn shōu gòu zhàn salvage station; recycling center
废土 fèi tǔ waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc); (post-apocalyptic) wasteland
废寝忘餐 fèi qǐn wàng cān see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
废寝食 fèi qǐn shí to neglect sleep and food
废弛 fèi chí to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect
废时 fèi shí to waste time
废柴 fèi chái (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser
废然 fèi rán depressed; dejected
废物箱 fèi wù xiāng ash-bin; litter-bin
废物点心 fèi wù diǎn xin (coll.) a good-for-nothing; loser
废统 fèi tǒng "abandonment of reunification", abolition of the cross-straits reunification committee
废藩置县 fèi fān zhì xiàn to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)
废话连篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
废铜烂铁 fèi tóng làn tiě scrap metal; a pile of junk
废钢 fèi gāng scrap metal; steel scrap
废除军备 fèi chú jūn bèi to disarm
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