发配 (fā) — to banish (to a frontier garrison or remote area)
Definition
A historical verb meaning to banish a criminal to a remote frontier garrison as legal punishment. The 把 construction is typical: 把犯人∼到边疆.
verb
to banish (to a frontier garrison or remote area)
Examples
- 发配。Gǔ dài huáng dì cháng cháng bǎ fàn rén fā dào biān jiāng.Ancient emperors often banished criminals to the frontier.
- 发配。Tā bèi fā dào nán fāng de yí gè xiǎo dǎo shàng.He was banished to a small island in the south.
- 发配。Zhè zhǒng fā zhì dù zài qīng cháo mò nián jiù fèi chú le.This system of banishment was abolished in the late Qing dynasty.
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