撤掉 (chè diào) — to tear off, to remove (physically); to dismiss, to depose (from an office or position); to cancel, to scrap (a policy, plan, etc.)
Definition
撤掉 means to pull something down or do away with it — a poster, an official, or a policy. The object has already been in place and is now removed.
verb
to tear offto remove (physically)to dismissto depose (from an office or position)to cancelto scrap (a policy, plan, etc.)
Examples
- 撤掉。Tā bǎ qiáng shàng de jiù hǎi bào chè diào le.He tore the old poster off the wall.
- 撤掉。Gōng sī chè diào le nà ge bú chèn zhí de bù mén jīng lǐ.The company dismissed that incompetent department manager.
- 撤掉。Zhèng fǔ jué dìng chè diào nà xiàng jiù zhèng cè.The government decided to scrap that old policy.
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