📖 Meaning
It describes a situation where many undertakings that had been neglected or abandoned are all being revived and carried out at once. The phrase expresses a state of energetic reconstruction after chaos, decline, or disruption. It is the same as the variant 百废俱举.
📜 Origin Story
The idiom appears in Volume 1 of the Hui Zhu Lu (Records of Things Heard), compiled by the Song Dynasty scholar Wang Mingqing. The text records that when Wu Mingke served as military governor of Kuaiji, he revived all neglected affairs (百废具举), though the one thing he did not do was spread learning. The phrase was later popularized as a general expression for comprehensive recovery and rebuilding, and in modern usage it is usually seen in the variant form 百废俱举 or the related 百废俱兴.
💡 Example Usage
新官上任后励精图治，百废具举，百姓称快。
After taking office, the new official governed with vigor, reviving every neglected undertaking to the people's delight.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 百废具举
- Pinyin: bǎi fèi jù jǔ
- Literal Translation: hundred, abandoned, all, undertake
- Category: Recovery
- Characters: 4