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Definition(s) for: 废寝忘食

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
废寝忘食 fèi qǐn - wàng shí - (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 38,088 46,981 35,485

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fèi- to abolish
- to abandon
- to abrogate
- to discard
- to depose
- to oust
- crippled
- abandoned
- waste
fèi- variant of 廢|废[fei4]
- disabled
qǐn- old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
qǐn- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
- (bound form) bedroom
- (bound form) imperial tomb
- (literary) to stop; to cease
wàng- to forget
- to overlook
- to neglect
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)

Other Words Containing 废寝忘食

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
废寝忘食 - 9 38,088 46,981 35,485