自暴自弃

Traditional form:

自暴自棄

Pinyin (reading):

zìbàozìqì

Definitions:

• to abandon oneself to despair
• to give up and stop bothering

Characters:

• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 暴 - violent, brutal, tyrannical
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget

Traditional characters:

• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 暴 - violent, brutal, tyrannical
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget