廢寢忘食

Chinese

		abolish; crippled	lie down	to forget; to overlook; to neglect	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (廢寢忘食)		廢	寢	忘	食
simp. (废寝忘食)		废	寝	忘	食
Literally: “to neglect sleep and forget about food”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèiqǐnwàngshí

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ cam² mong⁴ sik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fèiqǐnwàngshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feychiinwanqshy
  - IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai³ cam² mong⁴ sik⁶
  - Yale: fai chám mòhng sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ tsam² mong⁴ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei³ cem² mong⁴ xig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ t͡sʰɐm³⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

廢寢忘食

to be completely wrapped up in one's work and skip one's sleep and meals

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