谪仙

zhé xiān

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Definitions

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. (fig.) banished official

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Child Words of 谪仙

• 仙 仙 xiān: immortal
• 谪 谪 zhé: to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)