qì​zǐ

sacrificed piece

  • created reference approved 弃子/棄子 → 抛家弃子/拋家棄子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃子 / 棄子 qì​zǐ

    抛家弃子 / 拋家棄子 pāo​jiā​qì​zǐ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 弃子/棄子 · qì​zǐ · sacrificed piece — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃子 / 棄子

    qì​zǐ

    sacrificed piece

    A piece sacrificed to gain an advantage in games like chess or Go; by extension, anything or anyone abandoned or sacrificed for a larger goal.

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 子 (literal) → 子 · zǐ · subordinate

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 弃子/棄子 · qì​zǐ · abandoned child — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃子 / 棄子

    qì​zǐ

    abandoned child

    An abandoned child; or, to abandon one's child, often used in fixed expressions like [[抛家弃子|拋家棄子|pao1 jia1 qi4 zi3]]

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 子 (literal) → 子 · zǐ · son

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

    created sense