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Definition 2024

See also: 自弃

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
trad. (自棄)		自	棄
simp. (自弃)		自	弃

自棄

(archaic) to allow itself to be ignored; to throw itself away; to cause itself to be discarded
- 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")
  天生麗質難自棄 / 天生丽质难自弃 ― Tiānshēng lìzhì nán zìqì ― Her natural beauty and lovely comportment were difficult to ignore