废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work†
What 废寝忘食 means
- (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 废寝忘食, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does 废寝忘食 mean in English?
废寝忘食 is pronounced fèiqǐnwàngshí and means (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work †.
How do you pronounce 废寝忘食?
废寝忘食 is fèiqǐnwàngshí in pinyin — written feiqinwangshi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 废寝忘食?
废寝忘食 is written with 4 characters: 废 (fèi) Waste (abandon - disabled), 寝 (qǐn) Sleep (bedroom - lie down), 忘 (wàng) Forget (overlook - neglect), 食 (shí) Food (animal feed - eat). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 废寝忘食 written in traditional Chinese?
廢寢忘食. The simplified form 废寝忘食 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 廢寢忘食 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced fèiqǐnwàngshí.
Is 废寝忘食 an HSK word?
Yes — 废寝忘食 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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