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复职 (fù zhí) — to be reinstated (in one's former job or position)

Definition

复职 means to be reinstated in a former job or position after being removed, suspended, or dismissed. As a verb-object compound, it can split as 复了职, as in 让他复了职.

verb
to be reinstated (in one's former job or position)

Examples

  • ，复职。
    Tā qù nián bèi kāi chú, jīn nián yòu fù zhí le.
    He was fired last year, but was reinstated this year.
  • 。
    Gōng sī tóng yì ràng tā fù le zhí.
    The company agreed to reinstate him.
  • 。
    Zhè wèi jiào shòu fù zhí hòu jì xù jiāo shū.
    After being reinstated, the professor continued teaching.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

复fùrestore
职zhíjob

复 means restore and 职 means job; together they mean returning to one's former position.

Characters in this word

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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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.

Open 职 →
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