遗妻弃子

Traditional form:

遺妻棄子

Pinyin (reading):

yíqīqìzǐ

Definitions:

• to abandon wife and children

Characters:

• 遗 - to lose; a lost article
• 妻 - wife
• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 遺 - to lose; a lost article
• 妻 - wife
• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing