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抛妻弃子

pāo qī qì zǐ

4-character word Traditional 拋妻棄子

What 抛妻弃子 means

1. to abandon one's wife and child(ren)

The characters in 抛妻弃子

• 抛pāoto throw; to toss; to fling
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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