自暴自弃

自暴自弃 [zì bào zì qì]

1. ■ be backward and have no urge to make progress; abandon oneself (to despair); acting violently and throwing oneself away; be resigned to one's backwardness; despair of oneself; give oneself up as hopeless; give oneself up to vice; give up hope and be deliberately bad; give up hope for oneself; lose self-confidence [selfrespect]; live in self-abandon; quarrel with one's bread and butter; self-abandonment; self-degradation; stand in one's own light; throw oneself away