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HSK
to become invalid / to cancel / to delete / to nullify
HSK 6
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
to abolish / to abrogate / to repeal
HSK 7-9
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
scrap iron
all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom) / work is now underway
nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
HSK 7-9
(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing / loser
to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
HSK 7-9
to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
radioactive waste
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
to depose (a king)
production rejects / seconds / scrap / discarded material
HSK 7-9
decadent / dispirited / depressed / dejected
HSK 7-9
waste water / drain water / effluent
rubbish; waste material / useless person
HSK 7-9
to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc) / to neglect
to discard / to abandon (old ways) / to invalidate
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  *废* | 废* | *废
to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
HSK 7-9
waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc) / (post-apocalyptic) wasteland
garbage collection point / trash dump
to repeal (a law) / to put an end to / abolition / annulled
exhaust gas / industrial waste gas
deformity / handicapped
waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.)
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
ruins
HSK 7-9
waste liquids
worn out / old-fashioned and dilapidated
(coll.) spineless coward / wimp / a good-for-nothing
waste heat
ash-bin / litter-bin
to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)
handicapped person / useless person
waste paper
nuclear waste
three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水, exhaust gas 廢氣|废气, industrial slag 廢渣|废渣
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
industrial waste product / slag
to waste time
zero waste
to neglect sleep and food
a bunch of nonsense / verbose and rambling
to give unequal emphasis to / doing some things at the expense of others
to go to pot (idiom)
to evade (repayment of debts)
decadents (of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe)
planned obsolescence
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
(Tw) (slang) to pass time idly / to chill / to hang out
"abandonment of reunification", abolition of the cross-straits reunification committee
to discard / to shelve as useless
to talk nonsense / to bullshit
(coll.) a good-for-nothing; a loser
to depose (a king)
planned obsolescence
scrap metal / steel scrap
depressed / dejected
salvage station; recycling center
scrap metal / a pile of junk
to neglect (work) / to waste (one's talents)
low-level waste


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