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荒废

huāng fèi

2-character word Traditional 荒廢

What 荒废 means

1. to abandon (cultivated fields)
2. no longer cultivated
3. to lie waste
4. wasted
5. to neglect (one's work or study)

The characters in 荒废

• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate

Example sentences

• 在中国的旁边，瑞士像一个荒废的乡村似的。
  Zài Zhōngguó de pángbiān, Ruìshì xiàng yī gè huāngfèi de xiāngcūn shìde.
  Next to China, Switzerland is an abandoned village.