自暴自弃 meaning in English

zìbàozìqì

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

Traditional 自暴自棄34 strokes

Meaning of 自暴自弃

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zìbàozìqì
  1. to abandon oneself to despair
  2. to give up and stop bothering

自暴自弃 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge学xué生shēng自zì暴bào自zì弃qì了le。
The student gave himself up to despair.

Stroke order for each character

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自 zì · self · 6 strokes

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暴 bào · violent · 15 strokes

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自 zì · self · 6 strokes

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弃 qì · to abandon · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 自暴自弃.

自己zìjǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zìyóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自láizìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bike
大自然dàzìránnature (the natural world)
自然zìránnature; natural
自从zìcóngsince (a time); ever since
亲自qīnzìpersonally; in person
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
各自gèzìeach; respective
自身zìshēnitself; oneself
自觉zìjuéto realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); re

Questions about 自暴自弃

What does 自暴自弃 mean?

自暴自弃 (zìbàozìqì) means "to abandon oneself to despair; to give up and stop bothering".

How do you write 自暴自弃?

自暴自弃 is made of 4 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 暴 (15 strokes), 自 (6 strokes), 弃 (7 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.

How is 自暴自弃 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 自暴自弃 is written 自暴自棄.