廢 fèi

abrogate, terminate, discard

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

WORDS

三廢 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]
不以人廢言 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
以人廢言 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
低放射性廢物 dī fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-level waste
作廢 zuò fèi to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify
偏廢 piān fèi to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others
半途而廢 bàn tú ér fèi to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
因噎廢食 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
報廢 bào fèi to scrap; to be written off
廢人 fèi rén handicapped person; useless person
廢品 fèi pǐn production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material
廢品收購站 fèi pǐn shōu gòu zhàn salvage station; recycling center
廢土 fèi tǔ waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc); (post-apocalyptic) wasteland
廢墟 fèi xū ruins
廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
廢寢忘餐 fèi qǐn wàng cān see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
廢寢食 fèi qǐn shí to neglect sleep and food
廢弛 fèi chí to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect
廢掉 fèi diào to depose (a king)
廢料 fèi liào waste products; refuse; garbage; good-for-nothing (derog.)
廢時 fèi shí to waste time
廢柴 fèi chái (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser
廢棄 fèi qì to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate
廢止 fèi zhǐ to repeal (a law); to put an end to; abolition; annulled
廢氣 fèi qì exhaust gas; industrial waste gas; steam
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