废寝忘食 in English fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiomatic expression)
  • to skip one's sleep and meals
  • to be completely wrapped up in one's work

Simplified Characters

废 寝 忘 食

Traditional Characters

廢 寢 忘 食

Pinyin

fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

废fei4to abolish 寝qin3old variant of 寢|寝[qin3] 忘wang4to forget 食shi2to eat