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Pronunciation: biăn
Meaning: to devalue/degrade/demote
Etymology:
Money/shells 贝 (traditional 貝) lacking 乏 (also phonetic) . (associative/phono-semantic compound).

Traditional character: 貶

Found in:
Han Yu's 左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘

Word of the day on: 06.29.08