百废待兴

百廢待興
bǎifèi-dàixīng
idiom #58,471

Meanings

  1. 1 a hundred neglected things waiting to be done
  2. 2 much rebuilding to be done
  3. 3 everything in ruins, awaiting revival

Examples

HSK 4
Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, guójiā bǎifèidàixīng.
After the war, the country had a thousand things to rebuild.
HSK 7-9
Xīn zhèngfǔ jiēshǒu shí, dìfāng shàng bǎifèidàixīng.
When the new government took over, the region was in dire need of rebuilding.
HSK 7-9
Gōngsī jīnglì le dǎobì fēngbō, rújīn bǎifèidàixīng.
The company has just survived a near-collapse and now has everything to rebuild.

Tips

register
Formal and large-scale - typically about countries, cities, regions, or large organizations after war, disaster, or collapse. Sounds inflated for a messy household or a small project.
mistakes
Don't confuse 百废待兴 (waiting to be revived) with 百废俱兴 (bǎifèi-jùxīng - all the abandoned tasks now flourishing again). The first is the situation, the second is the result.

Stroke Order

bǎi
fèi
dài
xīng