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Meaning of 弃

Pinyin qì

Radical

廾

Strokes

Definition

abandon / relinquish / to discard / to throw away

Usage

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弃 (qì) 1. To abandon; to throw away. Meaning:舍去，扔掉。 Example: 抛～ (to throw away); 遗～ (to abandon); ～权 (to give up one’s rights); ～市 (ancient execution in public); ～世 (to transcend worldly matters or to die); ～养 (a euphemism for parental death); ～置不顾 (to disregard); ～瑕录用 (to accept someone despite flaws). 2. To abolish; to repeal. Meaning:废，废除。 Example: 弃言 (abandoned words); 弃法 (to abolish laws); 弃井 (to abandon a well). 3. To forget. Meaning:忘记。 Example: 弃忽 (to forget or neglect). 4. To violate; to betray. Meaning:违背;背叛。 Example: 弃命 (to disobey orders); 弃言 (to break a promise); 弃信 (to betray trust); 弃约 (to break a contract). 5. To leave; to depart. Meaning:离开。 Example: 弃予 (to leave me); 弃代 (to pass away). 6. To incur expenses; to waste. Meaning:旷，耗费。 Example: 弃力 (to expend effort); 弃日 (to waste time, to let time pass idly). 【造字法】: This character is a pictogram. Its shape in oracle bone script includes a baby facing upwards, indicating an unwanted birth, combined with hands suggesting the action of discarding. 【引文】: 1. 《说文》: "弃，捐也。" - The meaning of "弃" is to discard. 2. 《左传·僖公二十二年》: "天之弃商也久矣。" 3. 王粲《七哀》: "抛子弃草间。" 4. 清·徐珂《清稗类钞·战事类》: "敌弃炮仓皇遁。" 5. 弃厌 (to dislike); 弃亲 (to abandon one's kin); 弃礼 (to abandon rituals); 弃秽 (to discard filth); 弃物 (to lose an object).

唾弃 tuò qì

to spurn / to disdain

弃婴 qì yīng

to abandon an infant / abandoned baby

嫌弃 xián qì

to avoid sb (out of dislike) / to turn one's back on sb / to ignore

捐弃前嫌 juān qì qián xián

bury the hatchet / sink a feud

厌弃 yàn qì

to spurn / to reject

放弃 fàng qì

to renounce / to abandon / to give up

废弃 fèi qì

to discard / to abandon (old ways) / to invalidate

废弃物 fèi qì wù

waste / garbage / offal / castoff / rejected material

弃权 qì quán

to abstain from voting / to forfeit / to waive one's right to vote / to abdicate

遗弃 yí qì

to leave / to abandon

抛弃 pāo qì

to abandon / to discard / to renounce / to dump (sb)

弃权票 qì quán piào

abstention vote

摒弃 bìng qì

to abandon / to discard / to spurn / to forsake

舍弃 shě qì

to give up / to abandon / to abort

摈弃 bìn qì

to abandon / to discard / to cast away

背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì

breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy

背弃 bèi qì

abandon / desert / renounce

毁弃 huǐ qì

scrap / cassation / annul / incinerate / make away with

扬弃 yáng qì

sublate

前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì

to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain

自暴自弃 zì bào zì qì

to abandon oneself to despair / to give up and stop bothering

捐弃 juān qì

to relinquish / to abandon

丢弃 diū qì

to discard / to abandon

丢盔弃甲 diū kuī qì jiǎ

throw away one's shield and armour / flee helter-skelter / run like sheep

鄙弃 bǐ qì

to disdain / to loathe