exile; banishment; demotion
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to exile; to banish (as a punishment)
archaicA historical punishment from imperial China, common in literary and historical texts. Often associated with exiling to frontier or remote areas for penal servitude.
Tā他
bèi被
pàn判
yǒu有
zuì罪
，
fā发
pèi配
dào到
biān边
jiāng疆
chōng充
jūn军
。
He was found guilty and exiled to the frontier to serve in the army.
Xiǎo小
shuō说
《
Shuǐ水
hǔ浒
zhuàn传
》
lǐ里
，
xǔ许
duō多
hǎo好
hàn汉
dōu都
céng曾
bèi被
guān官
fǔ府
fā发
pèi配
。
In the novel 'Water Margin,' many heroes were once exiled by the authorities.
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Zhè这
wèi位
guān官
yuán员
yīn因
zhí直
yán言
jìn进
jiàn谏
ér而
bèi被
fā发
pèi配
Lǐng岭
nán南
。
This official was exiled to Lingnan for speaking out bluntly in remonstrance.