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The character "废" derives from its traditional form "廢", structured with the radical "广" indicating a building and the component "發" functioning phonetically. Originally denoting the collapse or ruin of a structure, its meaning broadened to include abandonment, discontinuation, and inefficacy, later extending to concepts like waste, uselessness, and disability. The simplified form "废" retains the "广" radical but substitutes "发" for "發" as the phonetic element, altering the visual form while continuing to represent this semantic progression from physical decay to abstract ineffectiveness.
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别再说废话了。
这个废物没用。
请把废纸扔进垃圾桶。
政府废除了旧法律。
工厂废弃了旧设备。
这些废品可以回收利用。
处理工业废料需要小心。
由于经济原因，项目被废除了。