弃（棄）qì (放弃； 扔掉) throw away; discard; abandon; give up: 遗 ～ 妻儿 forsake one's wife and children; ～ 之可惜 hesitate to discard sth.; be unwilling to throw away; 敌军 ～ 城而逃 。 The enemy abandoned the city and fled. 他早年 ～ 医从文。 In his early days he abandoned medicine for literature.
◆弃暗投明 forsake darkness for light; abandon the shade for the sunlight; flee from darkness into the light; forsake (the) darkness and cross over to (the) brightness; leave darkness for light; leave the darkness and embrace [come to] the brightness; leave the reactionary side and cross over to the side of progress; 弃兵 gambit (chess); 弃粗取精 discard the dross and select the essential; 弃船 abandonment of a ship; 弃短取长 overcome [discard] one's shortcomings and make use of his strong points; 弃恶从善 shun [eschew] evil and do good; correct one's conduct; repent and be good; forsake [abandon] evil and learn to do good; turn over a new leaf; 弃妇 deserted wife; 弃戈投降 threw aside one's spear(s) and gave in; 弃官归田 give up office and retire into the country; 弃甲丢盔 throw off all one's gear; drop one's arms and throw aside one's armour; 弃甲曳兵 (They) throw away (their) coats of mail and trail (their) arms behind them.; be routed; drag weapons and abandon armour in a rout; flee pell-mell; (of troops) throw away their armor and trail their weapons behind them; 弃旧更新 throw away the old and change into [replace it with] the new; 弃旧图新 reject the old for the new; abandon the old for sth. new; change the new for the old; forsake the old for the new; give up sth. whose freshness has been worn off for sth. novel; reject the old and crave for the new; start afresh; turn over a new leaf; 弃车保帅 sacrifice the knights in order to save the queen (in chess); give up a rook to save the king (in chess); make minor sacrifices to safeguard major interests; 弃绝 abandon; cast aside; 弃劣取优 reject what is bad and absorb what is good; 弃明投暗 leave the light and plunge into darkness; 弃农经商 leave farm work behind to engage in trade; 弃妻抛儿 forsake one's wife and children; 弃取 take or reject; 弃权 abstain from voting; abstention; renunciation; waiver; {体} waive the right (to play); forfeit; 弃世 pass away; die; 弃物 gurry; 弃邪归正 mend one's ways; alter [change] from bad to good; amend one's conduct; break away from the evil and return to the virtuous way; cleanse one's heart and begin a new life; correct one's conduct; cut off [abandon; drop; give up] one's bad habits; forsake heresy and return to the right way; forsake the deflected course and return to the straight one; forsake vices and embrace orthodox ways; give up one's evil ways and return to the path of righteousness; leave false ways and come back to the true ones; leave the heterodox and come back to the orthodox; orthodox path; reclaim sb. from vice; reject evil ways and start on the right track; return to lawful living; return to the orthodox path; stop doing evil and reform oneself; turn from the ways of vice and follow the paths of virtue; 弃信背义 discard faith and reject righteousness — faithless; 弃学经商 discontinue one's studies and go into business; forsake studies for business; 弃婴 abandon a baby; foundling; 弃约背盟 abrogate the treaty and break the alliance — to be unfaithful to an agreement; 弃置 discard; throw aside; 弃卒保帅 sacrifice one's pawn to save the queen (in chess) |