废寝忘食 — Chinese idiom
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
Traditional: 廢寢忘食
Meaning
- to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
Character by character
- 废fèito terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
- 寝qǐnto sleep, to rest; bedroom
- 忘wàngto forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- 食shífood; to eat
Idioms sharing a character
- 半途而废 bàn tú ér fèi
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 百废俱兴 bǎi fèi jù xīng
- 百废待兴 bǎi fèi dài xīng
- 百废待举 bǎi fèi dài jǔ
- 寝苫枕块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài
- 寝食难安 qǐn shí nán ān
- 枕戈寝甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
- 食肉寝皮 shí ròu qǐn pí
- 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
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