棄子

1. • sacrificed piece (in chess or Go)
2. • abandoned child
3. • sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc)

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4. • (in expressions such as 抛家弃子 pāojiāqìzǐ) to abandon one's child(ren)

Character by character

• 棄(qì)abandon
• 子(zǐ)son