修旧利废
xiū​jiù​lì​fèi

to repair and recycle

  • created sense approved 修旧利废/修舊利廢 · xiū​jiù​lì​fèi · to repair and recycle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    修旧利废 / 修舊利廢

    xiū​jiù​lì​fèi

    to repair and recycle

    to repair old or discarded items so they can be used again; to turn waste into something useful

    修 (literal) → 修 · xiū · to repair 旧 (literal) → 旧/舊 · jiù · old 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · to benefit 废 (literal) → 废/廢 · fèi · useless

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense