削职

Traditional form:

削職

Pinyin (reading):

xuēzhí

Definitions:

• demotion
• to have one's job cut

Characters:

• 削 - to pare, to scrape, to trim
• 职 - duty, profession; office, post

Traditional characters:

• 削 - to pare, to scrape, to trim
• 職 - duty, profession; office, post