另册 (lìngcè): the Other List (Qing-dynasty re…

Meanings

1 the Other List (Qing-dynasty register of outlaws)
2 blacklist
3 (fig.) the disfavored / outcast category

Characters

另

Examples

他被打入另册，从此再无升迁机会。

Tā bèi dǎ rù lìngcè, cóngcǐ zài wú shēngqiān jīhuì.

He was put on the blacklist and never had another chance at promotion.

我们不能把这些孩子另册看待。

Wǒmen bù néng bǎ zhèxiē háizi lìngcè kàndài.

We mustn't treat these children as second-class.

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history

In Qing-dynasty population registers, ordinary households went on the main book 正册, while criminals, runaways, and people stripped of status were filed in 另册 ('the other book'). The administrative term became a metaphor for being officially marginalized.

usage

Today most often appears in the verb phrase 打入另册 ('to be relegated to the other list') — meaning blacklisted, sidelined, or treated as second-class.