弃

弃(棄) [qì] 动

1. ■ （放弃;扔掉） throw away; discard; abandon; give up:

遗弃妻儿 forsake one's wife and children;

弃之可惜 hesitate to discard sth.; be unwilling to throw away;

敌军弃城而逃。 The enemy abandoned the city and fled.

他早年弃医从文。 In his early days he abandoned medicine for literature.