Chinese word

废除

Pronunciation

Pinyinfèi chú

Meaning

  • verbabolish

Example

政府决定废除这项法规。zhèng fǔ jué dìng fèi chú zhè xiàng fǎ guī

The government decided to abolish this regulation.

Illustration for 废除 (abolish)

More examples

政府宣布将废除一系列过时的关税。zhèng fǔ xuān bù jiāng fèi chú yí xì liè guò shí de guān shuì

The government announced that it would abolish a series of outdated tariffs.

Core concept

A deliberate removal of an established rule or system so that it no longer governs people.

Common phrases

  • 废除死刑fèi chú sǐ xíng

    abolish the death penalty

  • 废除关税fèi chú guān shuì

    abolish tariffs

  • 废除限制fèi chú xiàn zhì

    abolish restrictions

Similar words

取消qǔ xiāo: Call off a planned action or arrangement, or make a right no longer valid.
撤销chè xiāo: Take back an earlier official decision or measure and remove its legal effect.
废止fèi zhǐ: Formally stop a law or rule from applying in the future.
作废zuò fèi: Cause a document, certificate, or procedure to lose its validity.

Definition in Chinese

取消原有的制度、规定或法律，使其不再具有法律效力或执行力。qǔ xiāo yuán yǒu de zhì dù guī dìng huò fǎ lǜ shǐ qí bú zài jù yǒu fǎ lǜ xiào lì huò zhí xíng lì

Word origin

废 (fèi, "discard") + 除 (chú, "remove") presents the word as discarding and removing an established rule or system.

Usage tips

  • In formal Chinese, this verb is used for public rules, laws, or systems, not usually for ending a meeting, deleting a file, or calling off a plan.

Other meanings

  • repealverb
  • revokeverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 废止fèi zhǐabolishverb

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