贬谪 biǎnzhé to banish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 贬 貶 biǎn to demote (bound form) To lower the rank or position of an official; to reassign to a lower level.谪 謫 zhé to relegate (bound form) to relegate or demote a high official to a minor post in a remote region as punishment in imperial China; to exile