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
trad. 謫仙
Also written 謫仙【zhé xiān】
Characters in this word
2谪
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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
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Traditional
- 謫
- Strokes
- 13
仙
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immortal
- Pinyin
- xiān
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 18696 of 2500