斥退

chìtuì

verb

Meanings

1 to dismiss (from a post)
2 to expel from school
3 to order someone away

Characters

to scold; to repel

to retreat; to send back

Examples

HSK 7-9

皇帝斥退了所有的侍从。

Huángdì chìtuì le suǒyǒu de shìcóng.

The emperor ordered all his attendants to leave.

HSK 7-9

这名学生因作弊被学校斥退。

Zhè míng xuéshēng yīn zuòbì bèi xuéxiào chìtuì.

This student was expelled from school for cheating.

Tips

register

Formal/literary, often appears in historical contexts and period dramas. 斥 carries the sense of an angry rebuke, so this is dismissal with displeasure - not a polite firing.

Stroke Order

斥 chì

退 tuì