拋妻棄子

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Chinese

to throw; to toss; to fling
to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
 
wife; to marry off (a daughter)
abandon; relinquish; to discard
abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (拋妻棄子)
simp. (抛妻弃子)

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拋妻棄子

  1. to abandon one's wife and children