抛妻弃子

Traditional form:

拋妻棄子

Pinyin (reading):

pāoqīqìzǐ

Definitions:

• to abandon one's wife and child(ren)

Characters:

• 抛 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 妻 - wife
• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 拋 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 妻 - wife
• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing