流放

liúfàng

verb #4,961

Meanings

1 to exile
2 to banish
3 banishment

Characters

to flow; to drift

to release; to send away

Examples

那个大臣被流放到边疆。

Nàge dàchén bèi liúfàng dào biānjiāng.

That minister was exiled to the frontier.

古代很多诗人都曾被流放。

Gǔdài hěn duō shīrén dōu céng bèi liúfàng.

In ancient times, many poets were exiled.

Tips

history

流放 was a common punishment in ancient China, where officials or political prisoners were sent to remote border regions. The poet Qu Yuan (屈原) was famously exiled.

Stroke Order

流 liú

放 fàng