削职为民

Traditional form:

削職為民

Pinyin (reading):

xuēzhíwéimín

Definitions:

• demotion to commoner (idiom)

Characters:

• 削 - to pare, to scrape, to trim
• 职 - duty, profession; office, post
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people

Traditional characters:

• 削 - to pare, to scrape, to trim
• 職 - duty, profession; office, post
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people