谪仙

zhé xiān

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Definitions

  1. 1. 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]
  2. 2. (fig.) banished official

Child Words of 谪仙

仙
xiān

immortal

谪
zhé

to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)