削职为民 — Chinese idiom
削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
Traditional: 削職為民
Meaning
- demotion to commoner
Character by character
- 削xuēto pare, to scrape, to trim
- 职zhíduty, profession; office, post
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
Idioms sharing a character
- 削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ
- 一官半职 yī guān bàn zhí
- 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
- 尽职尽责 jìn zhí jìn zé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
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