抛家弃子

Traditional form:

拋家棄子

Pinyin (reading):

pāojiāqìzǐ

Definitions:

• (of a parent) to abandon one's family

Characters:

• 抛 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 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
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing