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; to censure; to blame
trad. 謫
Also written 謫【zhé】
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谪仙zhé xiān
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]; (fig.) banished official
谪居zhé jū
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
谪戍zhé shù
in exile as penal servitude