减员 (jiǎn yuán) — personnel reduction, staff downsizing; depletion of numbers (military)
Definition
A formal noun for cutting headcount — a company 'downsizing' or a military 'depletion of numbers'. Use 裁员 for routine layoff talk; 减员 is the more official, often large-scale term.
noun
personnel reductionstaff downsizingdepletion of numbers (military)
Examples
- 减员，。Gōng sī zuì jìn jìn xíng le jiǎn yuán, hěn duō yuán gōng lí kāi le.The company recently carried out a staff reduction, and many employees left.
- 减员。Zhè cì jiǎn yuán zhǔ yào yǐng xiǎng de shì xíng zhèng bù mén.This personnel reduction mainly affects the administrative departments.
- 减员。Jūn duì de jiǎn yuán jì huà yǐ jīng zhì dìng hǎo le.The military's depletion-of-numbers plan has already been drawn up.
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