放弃 fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up Example sentences 她做任何事都不随便放弃。 tā zuò rènhé shì dōu bù suíbiàn fàngqì. She won't give up easily on anything 他因为生病所以打算放弃做生意了。 tā yīnwèi shēngbìng suǒyǐ dǎsuàn fàngqì zuò shēngyì le. He was going to give up his business because of illness