削职

削職
xuèzhí

to dismiss someone from a post

Wiktionary

Homographs

削职 xuēzhí
  1. demotion
  2. to have one's job cut

Entry Composition

=1 削 xiāo
  1. to peel with a knife
  2. to pare
  3. to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
=1 削 xuē
  1. to pare
  2. to reduce
  3. to remove
  4. Taiwan pr. xuè
=1 削 qiào Original form of 鞘 (qiào, “sword sheath”).
=1 削 shào
  1. (historical) fief within three hundred li from the state capital
  2. fief within three hundred li from the state capital
2 职 zhí
  1. office
  2. duty