发愤忘食 (發憤忘食)
fā fèn wàng shí
Pinyin

Definition

发愤忘食 (發憤忘食)
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fā fèn wàng shí
  1. so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)

Related Words (20)

wàng
  1. 1 to forget
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to neglect
wàng jì
  1. 1 to forget
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死,鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
前事不忘,后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
  1. 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)