废寝忘食 — Chinese idiom

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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