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谪居

zhé jū

2-character word Traditional 謫居

What 谪居 means

1. (of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment

The characters in 谪居

• 谪zhéto relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region…
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up

Sounds the same

Read zhé jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蛰居to live in seclusion

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