發憤忘食

See also: 发愤忘食

Chinese

		to express one's strong emotions	to forget to eat; to neglect one's meals; to be so preoccupied as to forget mealtime
trad. (發憤忘食)		發憤	忘食
simp. (发愤忘食)		发愤	忘食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāfènwàngshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ fan⁵ mong⁴ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāfènwàngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fafènwàngshíh
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-fên⁴-wang⁴-shih²
    • Yale: fā-fèn-wàng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fafennwanqshyr
    • Palladius: фафэньванши (fafɛnʹvanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ fan⁵ mong⁴ sik⁶
    • Yale: faat fáhn mòhng sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ fan⁵ mong⁴ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ fen⁵ mong⁴ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ fɐn¹³ mɔːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

發憤忘食

1. to study or work hard, neglecting one's meals; be so immersed in work as to forget one's meals