Beside a broken bridge outside the post station, a plum blossom blooms alone.
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驿 was the relay station system that kept the empire connected: fresh 驿马 (post horses) waited at each 驿站 so couriers could change mounts and rush official documents across the country.
The right side is a simplified, contracted form of 睪, the original phonetic. The same simplified piece appears in the related characters 译 (yì) and 泽 (zé).