There are not enough people, so we need to reallocate.
Tips
mistakes
Same two characters, two different words. This one is diàopèi, where 调 means to move something from one place to another, so it is about assigning people and resources. Read tiáopèi, 调配 is a different word meaning to blend or mix.
usage
Workplace and management vocabulary. Its objects are people, vehicles, funds and supplies, and it sits in the same family as 调动 and 调度, both of which also take the diào reading.
