废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
fèi qǐn wàng shí
Pinyin

Definition

废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
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fèi qǐn wàng shí
  1. to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
  2. to skip one's sleep and meals
  3. to be completely wrapped up in one's work

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)

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