弃养
qì​yǎng

to abandon

  • created sense approved 弃养/棄養 · qì​yǎng · to abandon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃养 / 棄養

    qì​yǎng

    to abandon

    To abandon or desert someone or something that one has a responsibility to care for, such as a child, an elderly relative, or a pet.

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to support

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  • created sense approved 弃养/棄養 · qì​yǎng · to pass away — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃养 / 棄養

    qì​yǎng

    to pass away

    (literary) To pass away; used as a polite way to refer to the death of one's parents or elders, implying they can no longer be cared for by their children.

    qì​yàng

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to provide for

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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