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Trad. 廢
- to abolish
- to abandon
- to abrogate
- to discard
- to depose
- to oust
- crippled
- abandoned
- waste
Trad. 三廢
- 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]
Trad. 荒廢
- to abandon (cultivated fields)
- no longer cultivated
- to lie waste
- wasted
- to neglect (one's work or study)
Trad. 偏廢
- to give unequal emphasis to
- doing some things at the expense of others
Trad. 廢土
- waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc)
- (post-apocalyptic) wasteland
Trad. 廢統
- "abandonment of reunification", abolition of the cross-straits reunification committee
Trad. 廢話
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
- You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
Trad. 頹廢派
- decadents (of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe)
Trad. 因噎廢食
- 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
Trad. 忘餐廢寢
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
Trad. 禮廢樂崩
- see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4]
Trad. 半途而廢
- to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
Trad. 廢寢忘食
- (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
Trad. 廢寢忘餐
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
Trad. 廢物點心
- (coll.) a good-for-nothing; a loser
Trad. 廢藩置縣
- to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)
Trad. 廢話連篇
- a bunch of nonsense
- verbose and rambling
Trad. 百廢俱興
- all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom)
- work is now underway
Trad. 百廢具興
- variant of 百廢俱興|百废俱兴[bai3 fei4 ju4 xing1]
Trad. 百廢待興
- many things waiting to be done (idiom)
- a thousand things to do
Trad. 百廢待舉
- many things waiting to be done (idiom)
- a thousand things to do
Trad. 以人廢言
- to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
Trad. 不以人廢言
- 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
Trad. 計劃性報廢
- planned obsolescence
Trad. 廢品收購站
- salvage station; recycling center
Trad. 放射性廢物
- radioactive waste
Trad. 低放射性廢物
- low-level waste