粵

流lau4放fong3

lau4 fong3liú fàng

English

  1. to exile
  2. to banish
  3. to deport
  4. to float (logs) downstream
  5. to banish; to exile; to relocate convicted criminals to distant places

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 以前一種刑罰,強迫犯人去偏遠地方生活,多數會死喺路上

Examples

  • 喺公元前508年成為雅典領袖嘅克里希尼,為咗防止暴君嘅出現,制定咗一個流放制度。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 2006年9月因軍事政變被推翻而事實上被流放緊嘅泰國前總理塔克辛,28日大約一年半後首次返返去泰國。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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