发配

發配

fāpèi

verb #25,465

Meanings

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

Characters

assign, match, banish

Examples

古代罪犯常被发配到边疆充军。

Gǔdài zuìfàn cháng bèi fāpèi dào biānjiāng chōngjūn.

In ancient times, criminals were often exiled to the frontier to serve in the military.

那位官员被发配到偏远地区做小官。

Nà wèi guānyuán bèi fāpèi dào piānyuǎn dìqū zuò xiǎoguān.

That official was banished to a remote area to serve as a minor functionary.

他开玩笑说老板把他发配到最差的部门。

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

发 fā

配 pèi