Chinese word dictionary

废弛

fèi chí · to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect

Practice word

Word information

Simplified废弛

Traditional廢弛

Pinyinfèi chí

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

废fèi

to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

弛chí

to loosen, to relax; to unstring a bow

How to learn 废弛

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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半途而废bàntú’érfèi

to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

报废bàofèi

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

废fèi

to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste; variant of 廢|废[fei4]; disabled

废除fèichú

to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal

废话fèihuà

nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

废品fèipǐn

production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material