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遣散

qiǎnsàn
verb #33,458

Meanings

  1. 1 to disband
  2. 2 to dismiss (workers, troops)
  3. 3 to demobilize
  4. 4 to lay off

Examples

HSK 4
他们拿到了一笔遣散费。
Tāmen nádào le yī bǐ qiǎnsànfèi.
They received a severance payment.
HSK 6
公司倒闭后，所有员工都被遣散了。
Gōngsī dǎobì hòu, suǒyǒu yuángōng dōu bèi qiǎnsàn le.
After the company went bankrupt, all employees were laid off.
HSK 6
战争结束后，军队被遣散。
Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, jūnduì bèi qiǎnsàn.
After the war ended, the army was demobilized.

Tips

usage
Used for breaking up an organized group - a workforce, an army, a household staff - by sending them home, often with compensation. The collocation 遣散费 (qiǎnsànfèi) = severance pay. More formal/written than 解雇 (jiěgù, "fire") and applies to whole groups rather than individuals.

Stroke Order

遣 qiǎn
散 sàn