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废寝忘食

废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí

废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fèiqǐnwàngshí | fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2
English translation
to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
to skip one's sleep and meals
to be completely wrapped up in one's work

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Traditional form

廢寢忘食

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí .

fèi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of fèi . Phonosemantic compound. 广 Guǎng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Positional decomposition

广发

Number of Strokes

8

qǐn

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

gài qiáng 彐冖又

Number of Strokes

13

wàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and wáng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

wáng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

亡心

Number of Strokes

7

shí

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of food being spooned into the mouth. Not related to liáng .

Positional decomposition

人良

Number of Strokes

9

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