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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
背棄	背弃	[bei4 qi4]	/to abandon/to desert/to renounce/	2214	1
背信棄義	背信弃义	[bei4 xin4 qi4 yi4]	/breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray/treachery/perfidy/	6336	1
鄙棄	鄙弃	[bi3 qi4]	/to disdain/to loathe/	6570	1
擯棄	摈弃	[bin4 qi4]	/to abandon/to discard/to cast away/	6179	1
摒棄	摒弃	[bing4 qi4]	/to abandon/to discard/to spurn/to forsake/	6011	1
不離不棄	不离不弃	[bu4 li2 bu4 qi4]	/to stand by (sb) (idiom)/steadfast loyalty/	3291	1
丟棄	丢弃	[diu1 qi4]	/to discard/to abandon/	5914	1
丟盔棄甲	丢盔弃甲	[[diu1kui1-qi4jia3]]	/(idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat/	324	2
放棄	放弃	[[fang4qi4]]	/to renounce; to abandon; to give up/	860	2
廢棄	废弃	[fei4 qi4]	/to discard/to abandon (old ways)/to invalidate/	6859	1
割棄	割弃	[ge1 qi4]	/to discard/to abandon/to give (sth) up/	4561	1
故舊不棄	故旧不弃	[gu4 jiu4 bu4 qi4]	/do not neglect old friends/	6817	1
荒棄	荒弃	[huang1 qi4]	/to abandon/to let go to waste/	6096	1
黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴	黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣	[huang2 zhong1 hui3 qi4 wa3 fu3 lei2 ming2]	/lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells/good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)/	5768	1
捐棄	捐弃	[juan1 qi4]	/to relinquish/to abandon/	6188	1
離棄	离弃	[li2 qi4]	/to abandon/	4036	1
零廢棄	零废弃	[ling2 fei4 qi4]	/zero waste/	2961	1
偶語棄市	偶语弃市	[ou3 yu3 qi4 shi4]	/chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)/	6076	1
拚棄	拚弃	[pan4 qi4]	/to abandon/to discard/to throw away/	6703	1
拋棄	抛弃	[pao1 qi4]	/to abandon/to discard/to renounce/to dump (sb)/	5556	1
拋夫棄子	抛夫弃子	[[pao1fu1-qi4zi3]]	/to abandon one's husband and child(ren)/	567	2
拋家棄子	抛家弃子	[[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]]	/(of a parent) to abandon one's family/	567	2
拋妻棄子	抛妻弃子	[[pao1qi1-qi4zi3]]	/to abandon one's wife and child(ren)/	567	2
棄	弃	[qi4]	/to abandon/to relinquish/to discard/to throw away/	6618	1
棄暗投明	弃暗投明	[qi4 an4 tou2 ming2]	/to renounce the dark and seek the light/to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one/	5344	1
棄保潛逃	弃保潜逃	[qi4 bao3 qian2 tao2]	/to jump bail/	6085	1
棄船	弃船	[qi4 chuan2]	/to abandon ship/	6572	1
棄惡從善	弃恶从善	[qi4 e4 cong2 shan4]	/to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)/	5914	1
棄核	弃核	[qi4 he2]	/to renounce nuclear weapons/	6584	1
棄舊圖新	弃旧图新	[qi4 jiu4 tu2 xin1]	/to turn over a new leaf/	7104	1
棄劇	弃剧	[qi4 ju4]	/to quit watching a TV series/	2817	1
棄絕	弃绝	[qi4 jue2]	/to abandon/to forsake/	7104	1
棄農經商	弃农经商	[qi4 nong2 jing1 shang1]	/to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)/	6095	1
棄取	弃取	[qi4 qu3]	/(literary) to choose between rejecting and accepting/	2157	1
棄若敝屣	弃若敝屣	[qi4 ruo4 bi4 xi3]	/to throw away like worn out shoes/	6502	1
棄捨	弃舍	[qi4 she3]	/to abandon/to give up/	1608	1
棄市	弃市	[qi4 shi4]	/public execution (old)/	6083	1
棄世	弃世	[qi4 shi4]	/to leave this world/to die/	7104	1
棄守	弃守	[qi4 shou3]	/to give up defending/to yield/to surrender/	5773	1
棄邪歸正	弃邪归正	[qi4 xie2 gui1 zheng4]	/to give up evil and return to virtue/	6922	1
棄養	弃养	[qi4 yang3]	/to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc)/(literary) (of one's parents) to pass away/	1012	1
棄用	弃用	[qi4 yong4]	/to stop using/to abandon/abandoned/deprecated/	6131	1
棄約背盟	弃约背盟	[qi4 yue1 bei4 meng2]	/to abrogate an agreement/to break one's oath (idiom)/	4925	1
棄之如敝屣	弃之如敝屣	[qi4 zhi1 ru2 bi4 xi3]	/to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)/	4538	1
棄置	弃置	[qi4 zhi4]	/to throw away/to discard/	7104	1
棄權	弃权	[[qi4quan2]]	/to waive a right/to abstain (from voting)/(sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match/	856	2
棄嬰	弃婴	[[qi4ying1]]	/abandoned baby/to abandon an infant/	61	2
棄子	弃子	[[qi4zi3]]	/sacrificed piece (in chess or Go)/abandoned child/(fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc)/(in expressions such as 拋家棄子\|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren)/	568	2
前功盡棄	前功尽弃	[qian2 gong1 jin4 qi4]	/to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)/all that has been achieved goes down the drain/	4522	1
扔棄	扔弃	[reng1 qi4]	/to abandon/to discard/to throw away/	6797	1
捨棄	舍弃	[she3 qi4]	/to give up/to abandon/to abort/	7104	1
食之無味，棄之不甘	食之无味，弃之不甘	[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 bu4 gan1]	/see 食之無味，棄之可惜\|食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]/	4538	1
食之無味，棄之可惜	食之无味，弃之可惜	[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]	/lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)/fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them/	4538	1
吐棄	吐弃	[tu3 qi4]	/to spurn/to reject/	7104	1
唾棄	唾弃	[tuo4 qi4]	/to spurn/to disdain/	4814	1
遐棄	遐弃	[xia2 qi4]	/to cast away/to reject/to shun/to desert one's post/	6198	1
嫌棄	嫌弃	[[xian2qi4]]	/to regard with disdain; to shun/	816	2
厭棄	厌弃	[[yan4qi4]]	/to spurn; to reject/	851	2
遺棄	遗弃	[yi2 qi4]	/to leave/to abandon/	6998	1
自暴自棄	自暴自弃	[zi4 bao4 zi4 qi4]	/to abandon oneself to despair/to give up and stop bothering/	6930	1

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