| 抛家弃子 |
pāo jiā - qì zǐ |
(of a parent) to abandon one's family |
| 抛 |
pāo |
to throw / to toss / to fling / to cast / to abandon |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
| 弃 |
qì |
to abandon / to relinquish / to discard / to throw away |
| 弃子 |
qì zǐ |
sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 抛家弃子) to abandon one's child(ren) |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |