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抛妻棄子 (paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2) — to abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family in Cantonese

paauˉ¹抛caiˉ¹妻hei˗₃棄ziˊ²子
简 抛妻弃子
Mandarin Pinyin: pao1 qi1 qi4 zi3

Meaning of 抛妻棄子

nounto abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family

Characters in 抛妻棄子

抛paau1
appear; show
妻cai1
wife | [antonym] 夫
棄hei3
throw away; discard; abandon; forsake; shun; give up; leave behind; cast aside
子zi2
(noun) 1. son; 2. offspring; (adjective) 1. subsidiary; (noun) one of the Earthly Branches

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