Taxonomy of meanings for 廢:　　

  • 廢 fèi (OC: pods MC: pʷiɐi) 方肺切 去 廣韻：【止也大也方肺切九 】
    • COLLAPSE
        • resulting feature> USELESS
            • make useless use of> WASTE
              • viactbe wasteful
              • nabactbeing wastefulDS
            • exocentric: useless plants> WEEDS
              • become more useless> DECLINE
                • viprocessbe in decline
                • resultative> FAIL
                  • vt+V[0]fail to (do what one is expected to do)VK
                  • specific: fail to upright or in control> FALL
                    • deliberate> STOP
                      • viactgive up, cease
                      • vt(+V[0])cease (V-ing)
                      • vt+V[0]cease to do; stop to do something, abandon an activity
                • treat as useless> DISCARD
                  • vadNabandoned, discarded, discontinued
                  • vt[oN]discard or dismiss someone
                  • vtoNreject, dismiss; disregard, fail to obey (orders); discard; eliminate, remove
                  • vtoNpassivebe dismissed; be discarded; be thrust aside
                  • vtoNfigurativediscard from one's awareness> disregard, fail to pay attention to
                  • nabactthe discarding, the failure to appoint
                  • vtoNfigurativemiddle voice, figurative: be discardedCH
                  • vtoNabdiscarded NabCH
                  • vtoNabfigurativediscarded the practice of NabCH
                  • rules of respect> OFFEND
                    • vtoNrefuse to obey, disregard (orders)
                  • from the place it was> REMOVE
                    • vtoNremove, get rid of
                    • vtoNderivedno longer allow to be presentCH
                    • from the living> KILL
                      • nabacteuphemism for killing> removal
                      • vtoNeuphemistic: do away with
                      • vadNmortal
                      • from existence> DESTROY
                        • vtoNmess up, foul up; cause to stop flourishing, cause to fail; cause to be discarded
                        • vtoNmiddleget messed upLZ
                    • from position held> DISMISS
                      • vtoNdismiss from rank or office
                      • vtoNcausativecause to be dismissed
                      • vtoNpassivebe dismissed from officeLZ
                      • generalised> PUNISH
                        • vtoNtake away the right to serve in political functions

            Additional information about 廢

            說文解字: 【廢】，屋頓也。 〔小徐本作「屋傾也。」〕 从广、發聲。 【方肺切】

              Criteria
            • STOP

              1. The standard current word for ceasing in an activity is zhǐ 止 (ant. xíng 行 "carry on with"), and this word can to any concrete or abstract activity; the ceasing may be final or temporary.

              2. Definitive discontinuation, often of inanimate processes, is yǐ 已 (ant. zuò 作 "break into action"). See FINISH.

              3. Bà 罷 is to deliberately discontinue a course of action one is embarked on, particularly a military action.

              4. Ceasing in a human activity, for a while, is xí 息 and the somewhat rarer xiū 休 (all ant. zuò 作 "break into action").

              5. Jué 絕 (ant. jì 繼 "continue") is to disrupt one's current (human) activity, and fèi 廢 (ant. qín 勤 "continue to make a serioues effort") is to discontinue such an acitivity permanently.

              6. Shě 舍 (often negated) is to relent in a certain activity.

              7. Chuò 輟 (ant.* láo 勞 "put in a continued honest effort") is temporary discontinuation of human action.

              8. Zhì 滯 can be used to refer to the involuntary discontinuation in an activity.

              9. Xiē1 歇 refers to the discontinuation of a process (like that of worrying).

            • USE

              1. The current general word is yòng 用 (ant. fèi 廢 "give up the use of, not use").

              2. Yǐ 以 refers to the use of things as instruments for a given purpose and rarely involves the using up of resources.

              3. Shǐ 使 refers to the deployment of what one controls with no special emphasis on the purpose.

              4. Jiā 加 refers to the deployment or application of something in the course of some action.

            • DISCARD

              1. The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.

              2. Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.

              3. Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.

              4. Shì 釋 (ant. liú 留 "keep in employment") and the rarer jiě 解 refer to rejecting the continued use of something.

              5. Wěi 委 and zhì 置 (ant.* zhí 執 "hold onto" or chí 持 "hold onto") refer to putting things aside. See DISREGARD

              6. Shě 捨 / 舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

              7. Què 卻 (ant. shòu 受 "accept for employment") typically refers to a rejection or discarding of something as useless.

            • WASTE

              1. The current general word for habitual wastefulness is hào 耗 (ant. liǎn 斂 "economical, parsimonious").

              2. Fèi 費 (ant. jié 節 "be economical in the use of resources") refers specifically to single acts of wastefulness.

              3. Fèi 廢 (ant. cún 存 "keep and avoid spending") refers to an inclination to use large sums without necessarily indicating that such large expenditure is wasteful.

              4. Kuàng 曠 "waste" (ant. xī 惜 "make sparing use of") is limited to the combination kuàng rì 曠日 "waste time" (ant. shěng shí 省時 "save time" seems late).

            • DISMISS

              1. The standard bureaucratic general term for dismissal from office is miǎn 免.

              2. Yǐ 已 is a polite periphrastic word for dismissal.

              3. Fèi 廢 refers informally to dismissal from office.

              4. Bà 罷 is a Han dynasty administrative term for dismissal.

              5. Chì 斥 refers to dismissal followed by banishment. See BANISH

            • ESTABLISH

              1. The current general word for setting up anything abstract or concrete is lì 立 and the almost equally common shè 設.

              2. Jiàn 建 refers to bringing something into existence through a comprehensive concerted effort.

              3. Jù 具 refers to establishing or setting up what is necessary in a certain context.

              4. Zhì 制 refers to set up institutionally a system.

              5. Cuò 錯 / 措 and zhì 置 (ant. feì 廢 "remove from its proper place") refer to putting something solidly and firmly in its proper place.

              6. Shù 樹 refers to planting or establishing something firmly where one intends it to remain.

              Word relations
            • Ant: (DISCARD)修 / 脩/CULTIVATE The current general term for cultivating something or refining it is xiū 修 (from Han times onwards sometimes also miswritten as xiū 脩, ant.* màn 慢 "neglect the cultivation of").
            • Ant: (FAIL)成/SUCCEED
            • Ant: (FAIL)盛/FLOURISH The current general word for flourishing or thriving of any kind, abstract or concrete is shèng 盛 (ant. shuāi 衰 "decline").
            • Ant: (DECLINE)興/FLOURISH
            • Ant: (STOP)行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]
            • Ant: (COLLAPSE)起/RISE The most current general word for rising or raising oneself up, or rising to an upright position of any kind is qǐ 起 (ant. jiàng 降 "go down").
            • Ant: (FAIL)成/SUCCEED
            • Ant: (DISMISS)立/INSTALL The general term for installing someone in a high position is lì 立.
            • Ant: (STOP)行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]
            • Object: (DISCARD)法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
            • Contrast: (FAIL)衰/DECLINE
            • Assoc: (DISCARD)荒/BARREN The standard word is huāng 荒 (ant. féi 肥 "rich, fertile" and wò 沃"fertile") which refers to any barren or uncultivated piece of land. [GENERAL], [GENERAL-USE]; [[COMMON]]
            • Assoc: (DISMISS)棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.
            • Synon: (COLLAPSE)仆/COLLAPSE Pū 仆 refers to things falling from a vertical position so as to take up a horisontal position.
            • Synon: (DISCARD)去/DISCARD Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.
            • Synon: (COLLAPSE)壞/COLLAPSE
            • Synon: (FAIL)失/FAIL The current general word for failure is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get somewhere").
            • Synon: (DISCARD)捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.
            • Synon: (FAIL)敗/FAIL Bài 敗 (ant. chéng 成 "achieve one's purpose") construes failure as a defeat in some personal or social undertaking or campaign.
            • Synon: (DISCARD)棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.
            • Synon: (DECLINE)裂/TEAR APART
            • Oppos: (DISCARD)立/ESTABLISH The current general word for setting up anything abstract or concrete is lì 立 and the almost equally common shè 設.