卸职 (xiè zhí) — to be relieved of one's post; to step down from office

Definition

A formal verb meaning to leave or be removed from an official position. Pairs with nouns like 职务 or 职位; less common in everyday speech than 辞职 ('quit / resign').

verb
to be relieved of one's postto step down from office

Examples

  • ，卸职。
    Tā yīn wèi shēn tǐ bù hǎo, shēn qǐng tí qián xiè zhí.
    He applied to step down early because of poor health.
  • 。
    Tā shàng ge yuè xiè le zhí.
    He was relieved of his post last month.
  • 卸职，。
    Tā xiè zhí hòu, gōng sī huàn le xīn lǐng dǎo.
    After he stepped down, the company got a new leader.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

卸xièrelieve
职zhípost

卸 (relieve or remove) acts on 职 (post), giving the meaning of stepping down from office.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 職; 职 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí職zhí
Same sound today

The traditional form 職 pairs 耳 (ear) with 戠, which gives its sound; the simplified 职 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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