发配

發配
fāpèi
verb #25,465

Meanings

  1. 1 to exile (as punishment)
  2. 2 to banish
  3. 3 to send away to a remote place

Examples

Gǔdài zuìfàn cháng bèi fāpèi dào biānjiāng chōngjūn.
In ancient times, criminals were often exiled to the frontier to serve in the military.
Nà wèi guānyuán bèi fāpèi dào piānyuǎn dìqū zuò xiǎoguān.
That official was banished to a remote area to serve as a minor functionary.
Tā kāiwánxiào shuō lǎobǎn bǎ tā fāpèi dào zuì chà de bùmén.
He joked that his boss had sent him off to the worst department.

Tips

history
发配 was a formal legal punishment in imperial China, typically sending criminals to distant military outposts or border regions. It appears frequently in historical dramas.

Stroke Order

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