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升迁 (shēng qiān) — to be promoted and transferred (to a higher position)

Definition

升迁 (shēng qiān) means being promoted AND moved to a new post at the same time — a compound verb combining 升 (rise) and 迁 (relocate), common in formal workplace Chinese.

verb
to be promoted and transferred (to a higher position)

Examples

  • 升迁。
    Tā qù nián bèi shēng qiān dào le shàng hǎi fēn gōng sī.
    Last year he was promoted and transferred to the Shanghai branch office.
  • 升迁。
    Gōng sī lǐ hěn duō rén dōu xī wàng zǎo rì shēng qiān.
    Many people in the company hope to be promoted and transferred soon.
  • 升迁，。
    Zhè cì shēng qiān jī huì nán dé, nǐ yào hǎo hǎo bǎ wò.
    This promotion-and-transfer opportunity is rare; you should seize it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

升shēngrise
迁qiāntransfer

升 means rise, and 迁 transfer, so the idea is moving up to a higher post.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Open 升 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 迁 →
Appears in
Workplace & Office

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