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遗物

yí wù

2-character word Traditional 遺物

What 遗物 means

1. personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains

The characters in 遗物

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Sounds the same

Read yí wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贻误to affect adversely; to delay or hinder; to waste (an opportunity)