谪居

zhé jū

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Definitions

  1. 1. (of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment

Child Words of 谪居

居
jī

(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

居
jū

to reside

谪
zhé

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