谪

zhé

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Definitions

  1. 1. to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)
  2. 2. to banish or exile
  3. 3. (of immortals) to banish from Heaven
  4. 4. to censure
  5. 5. to blame

Words Containing 谪

指谪
zhǐ zhé

to criticize

谪仙
zhé xiān

a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白[lǐ bái]

谪居
zhé jū

(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment

谪戍
zhé shù

in exile as penal servitude

贬谪
biǎn zhé

to banish from the court; to relegate