谪仙

1. • a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白 lǐbái
2. • banished official

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Character by character

• 谪(zhé)relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region
• 仙(xiān)immortal