to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate
贬
=
乏
+
贝
:
Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.
to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China) / to banish or exile / (of immortals) to banish from Heaven / to censure / to blame