zhé jū

Traditional: 謫居

谪居 (zhé jū) is a Chinese word meaning “(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 谪居

谪zhé · to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)居jī · (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

Related words

居然unexpectedly邻居neighbor居民resident; inhabitant居住to reside居(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居to reside居surname Ju同居to live together分居to separate (married couple)起居室living room定居to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence穴居to live in a cave

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