百废待兴

bǎi fèi dài xīng

everything is waiting to be rebuilt

Character by character

百bǎi
a hundred

废fèi
neglected things

待dài
await

兴xīng
revival

战争刚结束，国家百废待兴。

The war had just ended and everything was waiting to be rebuilt.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 81 · HSK 6–7: 从鸦片战争到1949 (From the Opium War to 1949)

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