辭

简 辞 · 繁 辭
Mandarin · pinyin cí

Meanings

  1. to resign
  2. to dismiss
  3. to decline
  4. (literary) to take leave
  5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
  6. variant of 詞 cí
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  1. diction; phraseology; speech; words
  2. Ci (a form of classical poetry)
  3. (obsolete) legal statement; deposition; testimony; confession
  4. to depart; to take one's leave
  5. to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
  6. to resign; to hand in
  7. to shirk; to decline
  8. to apologize (to accept fault and invite the pardon of the offended)
  9. to excuse; to make up excuses (to provide explanation to lessen someone's fault)

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