废
fèi
to abolish; useless; wasted
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Example phrases
- 这项规定早已废了，却仍有人拿它作为审批依据。 Zhè xiàng guīdìng zǎoyǐ fèi le, què réng yǒu rén ná tā zuòwéi shěnpī yījù. This regulation has long been abolished, yet some people still use it as a basis for approval.
- 这台旧电脑已经废了，修也修不好。 Zhè tái jiù diànnǎo yǐjīng fèi le, xiū yě xiū bù hǎo. This old computer is already useless and cannot be repaired.
- 这些废纸别扔，可以拿去换钱。 Zhèxiē fèi zhǐ bié rēng, kěyǐ ná qù huàn qián. Don't throw away this waste paper, you can exchange it for money.
Related words
- 半途而废 bàntú'érfèi to give up halfway
- 报废 bàofèi to scrap; to be discarded as unusable
- 废除 fèichú to abolish; to repeal
- 废话 fèihuà nonsense; empty talk; to talk nonsense
- 废品 fèipǐn waste product; discarded item
- 废弃 fèiqì to abandon; to discard
- 废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí to neglect sleep and food; to be completely absorbed
- 废物 fèiwù waste; useless thing or person
- 废墟 fèixū ruins
- 颓废 tuífèi decadent; dispirited; dejected
- 作废 zuòfèi to invalidate; to become void
- 丰厚 fēnghòu rich; generous; substantial