荒废 荒廢
荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi ㄏㄨㄤ ㄈㄟˋ fong1 fai3
- to abandon (cultivated fields)
- no longer cultivated
- to lie waste
- wasted
- to neglect (one's work or study)
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荒
- 荒唐 huāng táng ㄏㄨㄤ ㄊㄤˊ fong1 tong4 beyond belief
- 荒凉 荒涼 huāng liáng ㄏㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ fong1 loeng4 desolate
- 荒诞 荒誕 huāng dàn ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄢˋ fong1 daan3 beyond belief
- 荒谬 荒謬 huāng miù ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄡˋ fong1 mau6 absurd; ridiculous
- 备荒 備荒 bèi huāng ㄅㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄤ bei6 fong1 to prepare against natural disasters
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- 凶荒 xiōng huāng ㄒㄩㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ hung1 fong1 (literary) famine
- 剧荒 劇荒 jù huāng ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄤ kek6 fong1 (neologism, attested by 2016) TV drama drought; nothing good to watch
- 包荒 bāo huāng ㄅㄠ ㄏㄨㄤ baau1 fong1 to be tolerant
- 丧荒 喪荒 sāng huāng ㄙㄤ ㄏㄨㄤ song3 fong1 funerals and famines
- 垦荒 墾荒 kěn huāng ㄎㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤ han2 fong1 to open up land (for agriculture)
- 抛荒 拋荒 pāo huāng ㄆㄠ ㄏㄨㄤ paau1 fong1 to lie idle (of arable land)
- 拓荒 tuò huāng ㄊㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ tok3 fong1 to open up land (for agriculture)
- 拾荒 shí huāng ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄤ sap6 fong1 to glean
- 灾荒 災荒 zāi huāng ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄤ zoi1 fong1 natural disaster
- 熟荒 shú huāng ㄕㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄤ suk6 fong1 abandoned land
- 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng ㄕㄠ ㄏㄨㄤ siu1 fong1 to clear waste land or forest by burning
- 粮荒 糧荒 liáng huāng ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤ loeng4 fong1 famine
- 色荒 sè huāng ㄙㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄤ sik1 fong1 wallowing in lust
- 荒井 Huāng jǐng ㄏㄨㄤ ㄐㄧㄥˇ fong1 zeng2 Arai (Japanese surname)
- 荒僻 huāng pì ㄏㄨㄤ ㄆㄧˋ fong1 pik1 desolate
废 廢
- 作废 作廢 zuò fèi ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟˋ zok3 fai3 to become invalid
- 报废 報廢 bào fèi ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄟˋ bou3 fai3 to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
- 废品 廢品 fèi pǐn ㄈㄟˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ fai3 ban2 production rejects
- 废墟 廢墟 fèi xū ㄈㄟˋ ㄒㄩ fai3 heoi1 ruins
- 废弃 廢棄 fèi qì ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ fai3 hei3 to discard
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- 废止 廢止 fèi zhǐ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓˇ fai3 zi2 to repeal (a law)
- 废气 廢氣 fèi qì ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ fai3 hei3 exhaust gas
- 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ ㄈㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ fai3 seoi2 waste water
- 废物 廢物 fèi wù ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ fai3 mat6 rubbish; waste material
- 废话 廢話 fèi huà ㄈㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ fai3 waa2 nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
- 废除 廢除 fèi chú ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨˊ fai3 ceoi4 to abolish
- 颓废 頹廢 tuí fèi ㄊㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄟˋ teoi4 fai3 decadent
- 半途而废 半途而廢 bàn tú ér fèi ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˋ bun3 tou4 ji4 fai3 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
- 废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ fai3 cam2 mong4 sik6 (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
- 三废 三廢 sān fèi ㄙㄢ ㄈㄟˋ saam1 fai3 three types of waste product, namely: waste water 废水, exhaust gas 废气, industrial slag 废渣
- 偏废 偏廢 piān fèi ㄆㄧㄢ ㄈㄟˋ pin1 fai3 to give unequal emphasis to
- 废人 廢人 fèi rén ㄈㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ fai3 jan4 handicapped person
- 废土 廢土 fèi tǔ ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨˇ fai3 tou2 waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc)
- 废弛 廢弛 fèi chí ㄈㄟˋ ㄔˊ fai3 ci4 to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc)
- 废掉 廢掉 fèi diào ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ fai3 diu6 to depose (a king)
Idioms with these characters
- 兵荒马乱 兵荒馬亂 bīng huāng mǎ luàn ㄅㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ bing1 fong1 maa5 lyun6 (idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
- 荒谬绝伦 荒謬絕倫 huāng miù jué lún ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ fong1 mau6 zyut6 leon4 absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous
- 荒无人烟 荒無人煙 huāng wú rén yān ㄏㄨㄤ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ fong1 mou4 jan4 jin1 desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
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- 荒烟蔓草 荒煙蔓草 huāng yān màn cǎo ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄢ ㄇㄢˋ ㄘㄠˇ fong1 jin1 maan6 cou2 lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
- 天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ tin1 fong1 dei6 lou5 (idiom) until the end of time
- 业荒于嬉 業荒於嬉 yè huāng yú xī ㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧ jip6 fong1 jyu1 hei1 to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
- 百废待举 百廢待舉 bǎi fèi dài jǔ ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄐㄩˇ baak3 fai3 doi6 geoi2 many things waiting to be done (idiom)
- 百废待兴 百廢待興 bǎi fèi dài xīng ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄥ baak3 fai3 doi6 hing1 many things waiting to be done (idiom)
- 百废俱兴 百廢俱興 bǎi fèi jù xīng ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄒㄧㄥ baak3 fai3 keoi1 hing1 all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom)
Show 4 more idioms with 废 廢
- 半途而废 半途而廢 bàn tú ér fèi ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˋ bun3 tou4 ji4 fai3 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
- 废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ fai3 cam2 mong4 sik6 (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
- 因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí ㄧㄣ ㄧㄝ ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ jan1 jit3 fai3 sik6 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- 以人废言 以人廢言 yǐ rén fèi yán ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ ji5 jan4 fai3 jin4 to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
Example sentences
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在 中国 中國 的 旁边 旁邊 ， 瑞士 像 一个 一個 荒废 荒廢 的 乡村 鄉村 似的 。
Next to China, Switzerland is an abandoned village.
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