百廢待興

Chinese

		hundred	abolish; crippled	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
trad. (百廢待興)		百	廢	待	興
simp. (百废待兴)		百	废	待	兴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎifèidàixīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ fai³ doi⁶ hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎifèidàixīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎifèidàising
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-fei⁴-tai⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: bǎi-fèi-dài-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baefeydayshing
    • Palladius: байфэйдайсин (bajfɛjdajsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ fai³ doi⁶ hing¹
    • Yale: baak fai doih hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ fai³ doi⁶ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ fei³ doi⁶ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ fɐi̯³³ tɔːi̯²² hɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

百廢待興

1. many abandoned or neglected tasks or projects are waiting to be undertaken

   新中國成立之初，中國一窮二白，百廢待興。 [MSC, trad.]
   新中国成立之初，中国一穷二白，百废待兴。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīnzhōngguó chénglì zhī chū, Zhōngguó yīqióng'èrbái, bǎifèidàixīng. [Pinyin]

   In the early days after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, China was impoverished, with a great number of things waiting to be rebuilt and tasks to be undertaken.

Synonyms

• 百廢待舉／百废待举 (bǎifèidàijǔ)

See also

• 百廢俱興／百废俱兴 (bǎifèijùxīng)