弃子

Traditional form:

棄子

Pinyin (reading):

qìzǐ

Definitions:

• sacrificed piece (in chess or Go)
• abandoned child
• (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc)
• (in expressions such as 拋家棄子／抛家弃子 (pāojiā-qìzǐ)) to abandon one's child(ren)

Characters:

• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing