- 自暴自弃
- zìbàozìqìgive oneself up as hopeless; have no urge to make progress; be resigned to one's backwardness* * *abandon; give oneself up as hopeless【法】 self-abandoned; self-abuse* * *abandonment* * *zi4 bao4 zi4 qi4to abandon oneself to despair, to give up and stop bothering* * *自暴自弃zì bào zì qìbe 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* * *自暴自棄|自暴自弃 [zì bào zì qì] ► to abandon oneself to despair ► to give up and stop bothering
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.