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  1. sacrificed piece (in chess or Go); abandoned child; (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc); (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1 jia1 qi4 zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren)

    trad. 棄子

Also written 棄子【qì zǐ】

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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

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