百废待兴
bǎi fèi dài xīng
Pinyin

Definition

百废待兴
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bǎi fèi dài xīng
  1. many things waiting to be done (idiom)
  2. a thousand things to do

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
待
dāi
  1. 1 to stay
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
百
Bǎi
  1. 1 surname Bai
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
二百五
èr bǎi wǔ
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 stupid person
  3. 3 a dope
交待
jiāo dài
  1. 1 variant of 交代[jiāo dài]
善待
shàn dài
  1. 1 to treat well
对待
duì dài
  1. 1 to treat
  2. 2 treatment
待人
dài rén
  1. 1 to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
待会儿
dāi huì r5
  1. 1 in a moment
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 also pr. [dāi huǐ r5] or [dāi hui r5]
待机
dài jī
  1. 1 to wait for an opportunity
  2. 2 (electronic devices) standby
待续
dài xù
  1. 1 to be continued
待遇
dài yù
  1. 1 treatment
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 salary
  4. 4 status
  5. 5 rank
招待
zhāo dài
  1. 1 to receive (guests)
  2. 2 to entertain
  3. 3 reception
拭目以待
shì mù yǐ dài
  1. 1 lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
接待
jiē dài
  1. 1 to receive (a visitor)
  2. 2 to admit (allow sb to enter)
数百
shù bǎi
  1. 1 several hundred
有待
yǒu dài
  1. 1 not yet (done)
  2. 2 pending
款待
kuǎn dài
  1. 1 to entertain
  2. 2 to be hospitable to

Idioms (20)

一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
以逸待劳
yǐ yì dài láo
  1. 1 to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  2. 2 to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
信心百倍
xìn xīn bǎi bèi
  1. 1 brimming with confidence (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
千依百顺
qiān yī bǎi shùn
  1. 1 totally submissive (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
  1. 1 in different poses and with different expressions
  2. 2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千锤百炼
qiān chuí bǎi liàn
  1. 1 after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
  2. 2 the vicissitudes of life
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
  1. 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

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