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因噎废食 (yīn yē fèi shí): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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因噎废食 (yīn yē fèi shí): To stop eating for fear of choking — Meaning & Stroke Order

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因噎废食 consists of 4 characters.

cause, reason, basis

to abolish, discard, or become useless

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Pinyinyīn yē fèi shí

Meaningto stop eating for fear of choking; to give up on something due to a minor setback

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 因噎废食.

Words with 因

因为yīn wèiHSK 2
原因yuán yīnHSK 4
因此yīn cǐHSK 4
因素yīn sùHSK 5
因而yīn érHSK 5
基因jī yīnHSK 6
因人而异yīn rén ér yìHSK 7-9
因地制宜yīn dì zhì yíHSK 7-9

Words with 噎

噎住yē zhù
噎嗝yē gé
噎气yē qì

Words with 废

废话fèi huàHSK 5
作废zuòfèiHSK 6
废墟fèi xūHSK 6
废除fèi chúHSK 6
半途而废bàn tú ér fèiHSK 6
废寝忘食fèi qǐn wàng shíHSK 6
废品fèi pǐnHSK 7-9

Words with 食

美食měi shíHSK 4
食品shí pǐnHSK 4
食堂shí tángHSK 4
主食zhǔ shíHSK 5
粮食liáng shiHSK 5
零食líng shíHSK 5
食物shí wùHSK 5
食用

废弃

fèi qì

HSK 7-9

shí yòng

HSK 5

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Example Sentences with 因噎废食

Bié别

yīn因

wèi为

yī一

cì次

shī失

bài败

jiù就

yīn因

yē噎

fèi废

shí食

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