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废

fèi

abrogate, terminate, discard

Strokes
8
Radical
广
HSK
5
Tone
4

Traditional form: 廢

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 这是什么废话?

    Zhè shì shén me fèi huà

    What is this nonsense?

  • 你做事不能半途而废。

    Nǐ zuò shì bù néng bàn tú ér fèi

    You shouldn't do things by halves.

  • 我们应该废除死刑。

    Wǒ men yīng gāi fèi chú sǐ xíng

    We should abolish the death penalty.

  • 那些一无是处的废物被炒了。

    Nà xiē yī wú shì chù de fèi wù bèi chǎo le

    Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 废

  • 废话fèi huà 4–4 nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
  • 废墟fèi xū 4–1 ruins
  • 废除fèi chú 4–2 to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
  • 作废zuò fèi 4–4 to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify
  • 半途而废bàn tú ér fèi 4–2–2–4to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
  • 废fèi 4to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste
  • 废物fèi wù 4–4 rubbish; waste material; useless person
  • 废品fèi pǐn 4–3 production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material
  • 颓废tuí fèi 2–4 decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected
  • 报废bào fèi 4–4 to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
  • 废寝忘食fèi qǐn wàng shí 4–3–4–2to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work