弃之如敝屣

Traditional form:

棄之如敝屣

Pinyin (reading):

qìzhīrúbìxǐ

Definitions:

• to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

Characters:

• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 敝 - to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
• 屣 - sandals, slippers

Traditional characters:

• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 敝 - to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
• 屣 - sandals, slippers