zhé
Traditional: 謫
谪 (zhé) is a Chinese word meaning “to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China); to banish or exile; (of immortals) to banish from Heaven”.
Meanings
- 1to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)
- 2to banish or exile
- 3(of immortals) to banish from Heaven
- 4to censure
- 5to blame
Related words
贬谪to banish from the court; to relegate指谪to criticize谪仙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[Li3 Bai2]谪居(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment谪戍in exile as penal servitude谪variant of 謫|谪[zhe2]