廢寢忘餐
simp废寝忘餐fai3 cam2 mong4 caan1fèi qǐn wàng cān
English
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
- to forget to eat and sleep since one is completely absorbed in working
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容好投入一件事,可以連食飯同瞓覺都唔理
Examples
為咗入大學,佢呢半年都廢寢忘餐噉讀書。
For the sake of entering university, he was totally absorbed with his studying in the last six months, neglecting meals and rest.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk