废墟

fèixū

ruins

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 廢墟

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  • 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway (idiom)B7
  • 报废bàofèito scrapB7
  • fèito abolishB7
  • 废除fèichúto abolishB7
  • 废话fèihuànonsenseB7
  • 废品fèipǐnproduction rejectsB7
  • 废弃fèiqìto discardB7
  • 废寝忘食fèiqǐn-wàngshí(idiom) to skip one's sleep and mealsB7

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这里曾是一片废墟。

This was once a ruin.

废墟上建起了新城。

A new town rose from the ruins.