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發憤忘食

简发愤忘食 · 繁發憤忘食

Mandarin · pinyin fā fèn wàng shí

so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)

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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
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忘: wàng · forget; neglect; miss, omit
食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
愤: fèn · resent, hate; indignant

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1–4–4–2 · fa1 fen4 wang4 shi2

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(idiomatic) to study or work hard, neglecting one's meals; be so immersed in work as to forget one's meals

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