遗 (遺) yí

1. yí verb to leave behind
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: ywij; in the sense of 遗留 (ABC 'yí' bf 2)
2. yí verb to give
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 给予 or 馈赠 in this sense (ABC 'yí' bf 4; CED '遗' 5; Kroll 2015 '遺' 3; GHC '遗' 5).
3. yí verb to lose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 丢失 (ABC 'yí' bf 1; CED '遗' 1; Kroll 2015 '遺' 2; GHC '遗' 1)
4. yí verb to leave out; to omit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 遗漏 (ABC 'yí' bf 3; CED '遗' 3; Kroll 2015 '遺' 1; GHC '遗' 2)
5. yí verb to regret
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 遗憾 (ABC 'yí' bf 5)
6. yí noun a relic; a vestige; something lost
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yí' bf 6; CED '遗' 2; Kroll 2015 '遺' 4)
7. yí verb to have inconinence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yí' bf 9; CED '遗' 6; Kroll 2015 '遺' 5)
8. wèi verb to give; to bequeath
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Alternate pronunciation wèi (ABC 'wèi'; Kroll 2015 '遺' 1 wèi; GHC '遗' wèi)

Contained in

• 遗失(遺失) to lose
• 世界文化遗产(世界文化遺產) a World Heritage Site
• 遗漏(遺漏) to overlook; to miss; to omit
• 刘涓子鬼遗方(劉涓子鬼遺方) Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
• 遗赠(遺贈) to bequeath
• 遗传性(遺傳性) hereditary; inherited; genetic
• 纤悉无遗(纖悉無遺) detailed and nothing left out; meticulous and comprehensive; not missing an iota
• 先帝遗诏(先帝遺詔) posthumous edict of former emperor
• 钜细靡遗(鉅細靡遺) not overlooking important and unimportant issues
• 文化遗产(文化遺產) cultural heritage
• 遗诏(遺詔) posthumous edict (of former emperor)
• 梦遗(夢遺) wet dream; nocturnal emission (ejaculation)
• 纤芥不遗(纖芥不遺) not even leaving stalks of grass behind; very thorough
• 遗孀(遺孀) widow
• 排遗(排遺) feces; excrement; scat; droppings; to egest; to get (one's feelings) out
• 遗传物质(遺傳物質) genetic material
• 孑遗(孑遺) remnants; relics
• 轶事遗闻(軼事遺聞) anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
• 遗迹(遺跡) a vestige; a trace; historical remains
• 遗弃(遺棄) to leave; to abandon
• 路不拾遗(路不拾遺) no one picks up lost articles in the street; honesty prevails throughout society
• 遗志(遺志) the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
• 遗忘症(遺忘症) amnesia
• 谋无遗諝(謀無遺諝) comprehensive planning with no oversights
• 遗风(遺風) tradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition; relic
• 详尽无遗(詳盡無遺) exhaustive; thorough
• 支解遗骸(支解遺骸) dismember the corpse
• 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 遗孤(遺孤) orphan
• 遗愿(遺願) final wishes of the departed
• 遗臭万年(遺臭萬年) to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy
• 遗精(遺精) nocturnal emission; wet dream
• 遗传率(遺傳率) heritability
• 遗忘(遺忘) to forget
• 遗体告别式(遺體告別式) funeral
• 遗传信息(遺傳信息) genetic information
• 遗爱(遺愛) merit left for later generations
• 后遗症(後遺症) sequelae; residual effects ; repercussions; aftermath
• 遗男(遺男) orphan; posthumous son
• 养痈遗患(養癰遺患) to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity; tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster
• 派遗(派遺) to send (sb) on a mission; to dispatch
• 遗嘱(遺囑) testament; will
• 遗世绝俗(遺世絕俗) to renounce mundane life and live as a recluse
• 姑息遗患(姑息遺患) to tolerate is to abet
• 遗落(遺落) to leave behind (inadvertently); to forget; to omit; to leave out

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素可泰遗址 、 大宋宣和遗事 、 米兰遗址 、 遗民 、 阖闾城遗址 、 西沙差那来遗址

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二百〇三 志第一百五十六 藝文二 Volume 203 Treatises 156: Arts and Literature 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷108之三 禮志四之三 Volume 108c Treatise 4: Rituals 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 20
• 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 20
• 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 17
• 卷六十 Scroll 60 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
• 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
• 卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14

Collocations

• 遗后世 (遺後世) 則有司將書之以遺後世 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 12
• 传遗 (傳遺) 傳遺後世子孫者知之 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 7
• 南遗 (南遺) 南遺為費宰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 遗人 (遺人) 凡遺人弓者 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 5
• 遗利 (遺利) 索天下之隱事遺利 — Mozi 墨子, 卷二 尚賢中 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous II — count: 5
• 遗一 (遺一) 不憖遺一老 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 3
• 遗文 (遺文) 舊史遺文 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 2
• 遗邑 (遺邑) 紀之遺邑也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
• 遗秉 (遺秉) 彼有遺秉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧大田 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Da Tian — count: 2
• 憖遗 (憖遺) 不憖遺一老 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 2