发配 (fā) — to banish (to a frontier garrison or remote area)

Definition

Examples

• 古代皇帝常常把犯人发配到边疆。
  Gǔ dài huáng dì cháng cháng bǎ fàn rén fā dào biān jiāng.
  Ancient emperors often banished criminals to the frontier.
• 他被发配到南方的一个小岛上。
  Tā bèi fā dào nán fāng de yí gè xiǎo dǎo shàng.
  He was banished to a small island in the south.
• 这种发配制度在清朝末年就废除了。
  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.