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弃子

qì zǐ

2-character word Traditional 棄子

What 弃子 means

1. sacrificed piece (in chess or Go)
2. abandoned child
3. (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc)
4. (in expressions such as {抛家弃子|pāo jiā qì zǐ}) to abandon one's child(ren)

The characters in 弃子

• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Words containing 弃子

• 抛夫弃子pāo fū qì zǐto abandon one's husband and child(ren)
• 抛妻弃子pāo qī qì zǐto abandon one's wife and child(ren)
• 抛家弃子pāo jiā qì zǐ(of a parent) to abandon one's family

Sounds the same

Read qì zǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 契子adopted son