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廢寢忘食 (fai3 cam2 mong4 sik6) — plagued with anxiety (lit., "losing sleep and forgetting to eat") ([港]: 廢寢忘餐) in Cantonese

fai˗₃廢camˊ²寢mongˎ₄忘sikˍ₆食
简 废寝忘食
Mandarin Pinyin: fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2

Meaning of 廢寢忘食

nounplagued with anxiety (lit., "losing sleep and forgetting to eat") ([港]: 廢寢忘餐)

Characters in 廢寢忘食

廢fai3
deserted; waste; dispirited
寢cam2
coffin chamber
忘mong4
forget; overlook; neglect
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking

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