裁革

cáigé
  1. to dismiss
  2. to lay off

CEDICT

裁撤革除，即取消之意。《红楼梦．第七四回》：「如今若无故裁革，不但姑娘们委屈烦恼，就连太太和我也过不去。」也作「裁格」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 裁 cái
  1. to cut out (as a dress)
  2. to cut
  3. to trim
  4. to reduce
  5. to diminish
  6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
  7. decision
  8. judgment
2 革 gé
  1. animal hide
  2. leather
  3. to reform
  4. to remove
  5. to expel (from office)

Related entries

免黜 miǎnchù
  1. to dismiss
  2. to fire
  3. to degrade
斥退 chìtuì
  1. to dismiss (from a post)
  2. to expel from school
  3. to order away (servants etc)
辞退 cítuì
  1. to dismiss
  2. to discharge
  3. to fire
我被无故辞退了。

I was fired without cause.

Source: Tatoeba

屏退 bǐngtuì
  1. to send away
  2. to dismiss (servants etc)
  3. to retire from public life
屏除 bǐngchú
  1. to get rid of
  2. to dismiss
  3. to brush aside
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