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

HSK 5

别荒废了你的大好时光。

Bié huāngfèi le nǐ de dàhǎo shíguāng.

Don't waste your best years.

HSK 7-9

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