荒废

荒廢

huāngfèi

verb #16,159

Meanings

1 to abandon; to let lie waste
2 to neglect (one's studies or work)
3 wasted; fallen into disuse

Characters

to abandon; useless

Examples

别荒废了你的大好时光。

Bié huāngfèi le nǐ de dàhǎo shíguāng.

Don't waste your best years.

这片农田已经荒废了好几年。

Zhè piàn nóngtián yǐjīng huāngfèi le hǎojǐ nián.

This farmland has been lying waste for several years.

Tips

usage

荒废 is used both for physical places (荒废的土地 = abandoned land) and abstract things (荒废学业 = neglect one's studies). It implies something valuable being wasted through neglect.

Stroke Order

荒 huāng

废 fèi