裔
descendants; remote areas; surname
Meanings
3 senses · 11 examplesnoun
descendants; offspring
literaryUsed only in formal literary or written contexts, not in daily spoken Chinese.
He is a descendant of Du Fu.
Descendants of the Huaxia civilization.
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These villagers are considered descendants of ancient nomadic peoples.
royal descendants
continue the bloodline of family descendants
noun
remote border areas; outlying regions
literaryUsed exclusively in formal written Chinese, rarely seen in modern daily speech.
The emperor sent envoys to pacify the remote border regions.
In ancient books, sì yì is often used to refer to all remote border areas across the country.
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exile to remote border areas
Ancient Central Plains dynasties collectively referred to surrounding remote tribes as sì yì.
noun
surname Yi
neutralA relatively rare Chinese surname.
Mr. Yi is my college professor.
The Yi surname originated from the Yellow Emperor's tribe in ancient times.