废 (廢) fèi

1. fèi verb to abrogate; to terminate; to abandon; to discard
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 停止 or 舍弃; for example, the idiom 半途而废 'give up halfway' (Guoyu '廢' v 1; Unihan '廢')
2. fèi verb to damage; to decay
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 衰败 or 毁坏 (Guoyu '廢' v 2)
3. fèi adjective useless; worthless
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 无用 (Guoyu '廢' adj 2)
4. fèi noun a useless thing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '廢' n)

Contained in

• 废弃(廢棄) to discard; to abandon; to invalidate
• 废人(廢人) handicapped person; useless person
• 废渣(廢渣) industrial waste product; slag
• 逃废(逃廢) to evade (repayment of debts)
• 耍废(耍廢) to pass time idly; to chill; to hang out
• 废除(廢除) to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
• 废铁(廢鐵) scrap iron
• 废话连篇(廢話連篇) a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
• 三废(三廢) three types of waste product
• 废土(廢土) waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc); (post-apocalyptic) wasteland
• 废掉(廢掉) to depose (a king)
• 作废(作廢) to discard; to cancel; to delete; to nullify ; to be invalid
• 百废俱兴(百廢俱興) all neglected tasks are being undertaken; work is now underway
• 废纸(廢紙) waste paper
• 废寝食(廢寢食) to neglect sleep and food
• 报废(報廢) to scrap; to be written off
• 偏废(偏廢) to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others
• 温室废气储存(溫室廢氣儲存) greenhouse gas sequestration
• 废除军备(廢除軍備) to disarm
• 百废待兴(百廢待興) many things waiting to be done; a thousand things to do
• 废帝(廢帝) deposed emperor ; an emperor who abdicated
• 颓废派(頹廢派) decadents [of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe]
• 废弛(廢弛) to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect
• 废物(廢物) trash; rubbish; waste ; a useless person
• 因噎废食(因噎廢食) not eating for fear of choking; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
• 废寝忘食(廢寢忘食) to neglect sleep and forget about food; to skip one's sleep and meals
• 废立(廢立) depose and establish ; abolish and establish
• 逐渐废弃(逐漸廢棄) to abandon gradually
• 以人废言(以人廢言) to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)
• 窝囊废(窩囊廢) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing
• 半途而废(半途而廢) to give up halfway; to leave unfinished
• 废水(廢水) waste water; drain water; effluent ; waste water; drain water; effluent
• 废液(廢液) waste liquids
• 百废待举(百廢待舉) many things waiting to be done; a thousand things to do
• 颓废(頹廢) decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected
• 废品(廢品) production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material
• 废礼(廢禮) to abandon propriety
• 废置(廢置) to discard; to shelve as useless
• 放射性废物(放射性廢物) radioactive waste
• 废物箱(廢物箱) ash-bin; litter-bin
• 废时(廢時) to waste time
• 废失(廢失) to discard; to abandon
• 废兴(廢興) rise or fall
• 废品收购站(廢品收購站) salvage station; recycling center
• 废物点心(廢物點心) a good-for-nothing; loser
• 荒废(荒廢) to abandon; to lie in waste; to neglect
• 废铜烂铁(廢銅爛鐵) scrap metal; a pile of junk
• 不以人废言(不以人廢言) not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merit of the case rather than preference between advisers
• 废为君长(廢爲君長) reduced to tribal chiefs

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汉废帝 、 后废帝

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• 卷30　志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 493
• 卷31　志第26 地理下 Volume 31 Treatises 26: Geography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 427
• 卷29　志第24 地理上 Volume 29 Treatises 24: Geography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 342
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 264
• 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 249
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 198
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 128
• 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 102
• 卷九十 志第四十三 地理六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Geography 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 100
• 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 94

Collocations

• 废疾 (廢疾) 公族穆子有廢疾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 不敢废 (不敢廢) 予不敢廢乃命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 5
• 礼废 (禮廢) 故昏姻之禮廢 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《經解》 The Different Teachings of the Different Kings — count: 5
• 废命 (廢命) 守官廢命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 不可废 (不可廢) 不可廢也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 废职 (廢職) 以官則廢職 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 欲废 (欲廢) 欲廢之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 废祀 (廢祀) 以畜牲則廢祀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 废事 (廢事) 無廢事也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 废民 (廢民) 春則廢民耕稼樹藝 — Mozi 墨子, 卷五 非攻中 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War II — count: 3