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dailycharacter
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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