废

廢

fèiㄈㄟˋ

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HSK 7 TOCFL 7

Meaning

Meanings

1
to abolish
2
to abandon
3
to abrogate
4
to discard
5
to depose
6
to oust
7
crippled
8
abandoned

Examples

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不要說廢話！

Don't talk nonsense!

不要說廢話！

Don't talk rubbish!

那些舊法都被廢除了。

Those old laws were all done away with.

美國在一八六三年廢除了奴隸制度。

America did away with slavery in 1863.

許多國家已經廢除了死刑。

Many countries have abolished capital punishment.

Characters

Character breakdown

广

yǎn

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

发

fā

to send out

Related: 废

报废

bào fèi

to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)

废墟

fèi xū

ruins

废弃

fèi qì

to discard

废止

fèi zhǐ

to repeal (a law)

废气

fèi qì

exhaust gas

废水

fèi shuǐ

waste water

废物

fèi wù

rubbish; waste material

废话

fèi huà

nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words

Stroke practice

Practice writing 废

Characters

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