拋妻棄子 [抛－弃－]

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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to abandon one's wife and children

拋妻棄子 [抛－弃－]

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Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    拋棄​自己​嘅​老婆​同仔女
    to abandon one's wife and children
    • 佢為咗識咗一個禮拜嘅女人拋妻棄子，當然畀人唾罵。
      佢为咗识咗一个礼拜嘅女人抛妻弃子，当然畀人唾骂。
      keoi5 wai6 zo2 sik1 zo2 jat1 go3 lai5 baai3 ge3 neoi5 jan2 paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2, dong1 jin2 bei2 jan4 toe3 maa6.
      He ran off with a woman he met a week ago and left behind his wife and children, of course people look down on him.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢为咗识咗一个礼拜嘅女人抛妻弃子，当然畀人唾骂。
    佢為咗識咗一個禮拜嘅女人拋妻棄子，當然畀人唾罵。
    keoi5 wai6 zo2 sik1 zo2 jat1 go3 lai5 baai3 ge3 neoi5 jan2 paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2, dong1 jin2 bei2 jan4 toe3 maa6.
    • He ran off with a woman he met a week ago and left behind his wife and children, of course people look down on him.
  2. Cantonese
    佢对当年抛妻弃子嘅行为好愧疚。
    佢對當年拋妻棄子嘅行為好愧疚。
    keoi5 deoi3 dong1 nin4 paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2 ge3 hang4 wai4 hou2 kwai5 gau3.
    • To the matter of abandoning his wife and children in the past, he was very ashamed and uneasy.