遣散 (qiǎn sàn) — to disband (an organization, group); to dismiss (employees); to send away (a gathering or people)

Definition

Formal/legal word meaning to formally disband a group or dismiss people — used in official, corporate, or institutional contexts (layoffs, police dispersing crowds), not everyday speech.

verb
to disband (an organization, group)to dismiss (employees)to send away (a gathering or people)

Examples

  • 遣散。
    Gōng sī jué dìng qiǎn sàn yì pī yuán gōng.
    The company decided to lay off a batch of employees.
  • ，遣散。
    Yóu yú zī jīn bù zú, zhè ge zǔ zhī bèi pò qiǎn sàn.
    Due to insufficient funds, this organization was forced to disband.
  • 遣散。
    Jǐng chá hěn kuài qiǎn sàn le fēi fǎ jí huì de rén qún.
    The police quickly dispersed the crowd of the illegal assembly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

遣qiǎnsend away
散sànscatter

遣 is to send away, and 散 is to scatter; together: to send people apart.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old form showed two hands directing an army, meaning to send or dispatch; the modern 遣 adds a walking part.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 林林líntrees, forest
  • 攴攴pūto knock, to tap

散 combines 林 (trees or forest) and 攴 (to knock or tap), originally showing knocking to clear vegetation, later extended to breaking up or dispersing.

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