复员

復員

fùyuán

verb #27,671

Meanings

1 to demobilize
2 to be discharged from the military
3 demobilization

Characters

to return; to restore; to resume

member; personnel; person (role suffix)

Examples

战争结束后，他从部队复员回到了家乡。

Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, tā cóng bùduì fùyuán huí dào le jiāxiāng.

After the war ended, he was demobilized from the army and returned home.

复员军人需要适应平民生活。

Fùyuán jūnrén xūyào shìyìng píngmín shēnghuó.

Demobilized soldiers need to adapt to civilian life.

Tips

usage

复员 specifically means transitioning from military to civilian status. Compare with 退役 (tuìyì), which means to retire from military service (often for officers or after longer service). 复员 is used more for enlisted soldiers returning after their term of service or at the end of a conflict.

Stroke Order

复 fù

员 yuán