百废待兴

百廢待興
bǎifèidàixīng
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

Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, guójiā bǎi fèi dài xīng.
After the war, the country had a thousand things to rebuild.
Xīn zhèngfǔ jiēshǒu shí, dìfāng shàng bǎi fèi dài xīng.
When the new government took over, the region was in dire need of rebuilding.
Gōngsī jīnglìle dǎobì fēngbō, rújīn bǎi fèi dài xīng.
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 (bǎi fèi jù xīng — all the abandoned tasks now flourishing again). The first is the situation, the second is the result.

Stroke Order

bǎi
fèi
dài
xīng