削职为民

xue1 zhi2 wei2 min2

demotion to commoner (idiom)

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削职为民

xuē zhí wéi mín

reduce an official to the ranks of the people; be dismissed from one's office and reduced to the rank of a common citizen; dismissed from one's office and becoming a commoner; losing one's office and rank and becoming a common citizen; lost office and rank, and reduced to the status of a commoner

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削職為民|削职为民 [xuē zhí wéi mín] ► demotion to commoner (idiom)