遗

yí

(bound form) to leave behind

walking (辶) + precious (贵) = leave something valuable behind

Something precious left behind as you walk away — an inheritance, a relic, a loss. 贵 (precious) anchors what is left; 辶 supplies the sense of departing.

辶+贵→遗
贵PreciousSemantic
辶MovementSemantic

他死后遗留下来的问题,家人花了很长时间才解决。

tā sǐ hòu yí liú xià lái de wèn tí,jiā rén huā le hěn cháng shí jiān cái jiě jué。

The problems left behind after his death took his family a very long time to resolve.

这座城市里有许多历史遗留的老建筑。

zhè zuò chéng shì lǐ yǒu xǔ duō lì shǐ yí liú de lǎo jiàn zhù。

This city has many old buildings left behind from history.

Words with 遗

文化遗产

wén huà yí chǎn

cultural heritage

遗赠

yí zèng

to bequeath

遗址

yí zhǐ

ruins

遗传学

yí chuán xué

genetics

遗产税

yí chǎn shuì

inheritance tax

逸事遗闻

yì shì yí wén

variant of 軼事遺聞|轶事遗闻[yi4 shi4 yi2 wen2]

道不拾遗

dào bù shí yí

lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)

遗尿

yí niào

bed-wetting

遗属

yí shǔ

surviving family of the deceased

遗作

yí zuò

posthumous work

遗传信息

yí chuán xìn xī

genetic information

遗传工程

yí chuán gōng chéng

genetic engineering

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