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遐棄

简遐弃 · 繁遐棄

Mandarin · pinyin xiá qì

to cast away
to reject
to shun
to desert one's post

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遐: xiá · afar, distant; old, advanced in
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弃: qì · reject, abandon, discard

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2–4 · xia2 qi4

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