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Home / Idiom / 自暴自弃

to abandon oneself to despair · to give up and stop bothering

自暴自弃
zì bào zì qì
z+ì·4th toneb+ào·4th tonez+ì·4th toneq+ì·4th tone
Idiom
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The student gave himself up to despair.
这个学生自暴自弃了。
Synonyms
Synonyms
(lit.) to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) · (fig.) to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell破罐破摔pò guàn pò shuāiashamed of being inferior (idiom) · to feel inferior to others自愧不如zì kuì bù rúto belittle oneself · self-contempt自轻自贱zì qīng zì jiàn(idiom) to feel inferior; to feel inadequate自惭形秽zì cán xíng huìbe inescapably caught in · cannot get oneself away from · be inextricably bogged down in不能自拔bù néng zì bá