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廢寢忘食. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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abolish; crippled
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lie down
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to forget; to overlook; to neglect
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
| trad. (廢寢忘食)
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廢
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寢
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忘
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食
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| simp. (废寝忘食)
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废
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寝
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忘
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食
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| Literally: “to neglect sleep and forget about food”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
廢寢忘食
- to be completely wrapped up in one's work and skip one's sleep and meals