废寝忘食
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
verbidiom
Traditional: 廢寢忘食
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- (verb, idiom) to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
- to skip one's sleep and meals
- to be completely wrapped up in one's work
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Related Words
废寝忘餐(fèi qǐn wàng cān)— to neglect sleep and food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals
→废寝食(fèi qǐn shí)— to neglect sleep and food
→孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→久旷(jiǔ kuàng)— to leave uncultivated for a long time
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