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废弃

fèiqì

to abandon; to discard

HSK 7 · Topic “Decline and renewal”
An old rusty car overgrown with weeds by a river
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Characters in this word

废 fèi

Strokes
8
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
Made of
广 broad, vast, wide 发 to issue, to dispatch, to send out
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

弃 qì

Strokes
7
Radical
廾 — two hands
Made of
亠 lid, cover 厶 private, secret 廾 two hands
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 弃

Example phrases

  • 政府计划把废弃厂房改造成公共艺术空间。 Zhèngfǔ jìhuà bǎ fèiqì chǎngfáng gǎizàochéng gōnggòng yìshù kōngjiān. The government plans to transform the abandoned factory buildings into a public arts space.
  • 这座废弃的小学早就没有学生了。 Zhè zuò fèiqì de xiǎoxué zǎo jiù méiyǒu xuésheng le. This abandoned primary school has had no students for a long time.
  • 河边有一辆废弃的旧车，上面长满了野草。 Hé biān yǒu yí liàng fèiqì de jiù chē, shàngmiàn zhǎng mǎn le yěcǎo. By the river there is an abandoned old car overgrown with weeds.

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