废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
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Pinyin
Definition
废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
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- to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
- to skip one's sleep and meals
- to be completely wrapped up in one's work
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三旬九食
- 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
- 3 in dire straits
人为财死,鸟为食亡
- 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
- 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
公而忘私
- 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
- 2 selfless
前事不忘,后事之师
- 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
吃水不忘掘井人
- 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)