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

HSK 5

古代很多诗人都曾被流放。

Gǔdài hěnduō shīrén dōu céng bèi liúfàng.

In ancient times, many poets were exiled.

HSK 7-9

那个大臣被流放到边疆。

Nàge dàchén bèi liúfàng dào biānjiāng.

That minister was exiled to the frontier.

Tips

history

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

Stroke Order

流 liú

放 fàng