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报废

bào fèi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 報廢

报废 (bào fèi) means "to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 报废 means

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

The characters in 报废

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate

Example sentences

• 我们抵达目的地的时候，我还以为那辆车快要报废了。
  We reached our destination just as I thought the car was going to give up the ghost.

Words containing 报废

• 计划报废jì huà bào fèiplanned obsolescence
• 计划性报废jì huà xìng bào fèiplanned obsolescence

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