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裁員

简裁员 · 繁裁員

Mandarin · pinyin cái yuán

to cut staff
to lay off employees

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裁: cái · cut out; decrease
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员: yuán · member; personnel, staff member

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2–2 · cai2 yuan2

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coi4 jyun4

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verb

(intransitive, transitive) to make employees redundant; to downsize; to cut staff; to lay off employees

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