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

• 遗蜕(遺蛻) to shed skin; to leave one's mortal envelope; remains (of a priest)
• 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
• 历史遗迹(歷史遺跡) historical remains; historic monuments
• 遗落(遺落) to leave behind (inadvertently); to forget; to omit; to leave out
• 阑遗(闌遺) unclaimed articles
• 养虎遗患(養虎遺患) Rear a tiger and court disaster.; if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
• 分子遗传学(分子遺傳學) molecular genetics
• 遗爱(遺愛) merit left for later generations
• 遗风(遺風) tradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition; relic
• 道不拾遗(道不拾遺) no one picks up lost articles in the street; honesty prevails throughout society
• 遗物(遺物) remnant
• 遗传性疾病(遺傳性疾病) genetic disorder
• 遗精(遺精) nocturnal emission; wet dream
• 遗训(祖訓) wishes of the deceased ; wishes of the deceased
• 遗害无穷(遺害無窮) to have disastrous consequences
• 遗赠(遺贈) to bequeath
• 遗憾(遺憾) regret; pity
• 遗珠(遺珠) unrecognized talent
• 文化遗产(文化遺產) cultural heritage
• 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 遗漏(遺漏) to overlook; to miss; to omit
• 沧海遗珠(滄海遺珠) undiscovered talent
• 遗产(遺產) heritage; legacy ; inheritance; property left after someone's death
• 世界文化遗产地(世界文化遺產地) World Heritage site
• 遗嘱(遺囑) testament; will
• 梦遗(夢遺) wet dream; nocturnal emission (ejaculation)
• 破坏无遗(破壞無遺) damaged beyond repair
• 表露无遗(表露無遺) to show in full light; to be revealed in its entirety
• 支解遗骸(支解遺骸) dismember the corpse
• 靡有孑遗(靡有孑遺) not a single one remaining
• 遗愿(遺願) final wishes of the departed
• 遗著(遺著) posthumous publication
• 遗腹子(遺腹子) posthumous child
• 拾遗补缺(拾遺補缺) to remedy omissions and correct errors
• 遗传率(遺傳率) heritability
• 遗传决定论(遺傳決定論) genetic determinism
• 遗传学(遺傳學) genetics
• 遗教(遺教) work or plans left as a legacy; the views of the departed; posthumous orders or teachings
• 不遗余力(不遺餘力) to spare no pains or effort; to do one's utmost
• 详尽无遗(詳盡無遺) exhaustive; thorough
• 遗妻弃子(遺妻棄子) to abandon wife and children
• 遗像(遺像) portrait of the deceased

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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
• 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 20
• 卷108之三 禮志四之三 Volume 108c Treatise 4: Rituals 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 20
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 遗后嗣 (遺後嗣) 今縱無法以遺後嗣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
• 遗时 (遺時) 不遺時也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
• 飞鸟遗 (飛鳥遺) 飛鳥遺之音 — Book of Changes 易經, 小過 Xiao Guo — count: 2