yóu
xiāng

verb
archaic

Meaning of 游乡

游乡 means to parade (a criminal) through villages as punishment (in old times); to peddle; to solicit business by traveling through villages. Pronounced yóu xiāng.

  • to parade (a criminal) through villages as punishment (in old times)
  • to peddle; to solicit business by traveling through villages

Definitions & Examples

Jiù
shè
huì
 
fàn
rén
cháng
cháng
bèi
zhe
yóu
xiāng
shì
zhòng
 

In the old society, criminals were often paraded through villages to be publicly shamed.

Yóu
xiāng
shì
zhǒng
dài
yǒu
xìng
de
chéng
fāng
shì
 

Parading through villages was a form of punishment that carried humiliation.