Traditional: 弃

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Translation

to abandon, to give up (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 弃

Examples

mèng

Do not give up on your dream.

He gave up this opportunity.

I will never give up.

mèng

Do not easily abandon your dreams.

pāojiùguàn

He cast off his old habits.

弃 (qì) is a bound morpheme meaning to abandon; the everyday compound is 放弃 (fàngqì), to give up.

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This word is part of lesson 106.