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发配

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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

HSK 3
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.
HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
那位官员被发配到偏远地区做小官。
Nàwèi guānyuán bèi fāpèi dào piānyuǎn dìqū zuò xiǎo guān.
That official was banished to a remote area to serve as a minor functionary.

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